3 Effective Ways to Respond to Caregiver Criticism

Shared from dailycaring.com.

Try a more effective response to caregiver criticism

Getting criticized is unpleasant – especially from family or friends who don’t lift a finger to help care for your older adult.

Yelling or getting upset might feel justified in the moment, but it won’t reduce your stress or cut down on future comments.

You might even feel worse later because you didn’t get your point across or say what you really wanted.

To help you change the tone of the conversation and hopefully reduce future criticism, we share 3 different ways to respond to caregiver criticism.

The next time someone criticizes something you’ve done or tries to tell you how you “should” be caring for your older adult, calmly count to ten and then try one of these responses.

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