Donna Thomson is a caregiver and teacher of strategic advocacy to families giving care. She is the author of "The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I've Learned From a Life of Caregiving"
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A recent article in Forbes highlights a workforce of caregivers, and how we are at a tipping point -- employees are more concerned about elder care than child care.
In my life of caregiving, I have learned two absolute truths. 1) That my love, my will and my intellect cannot cure the effects of ageing or disability in the people I love, and, 2) that caregiving is a job to be shared. It cannot and should not be done alone.