[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This video will help caregivers understand the impact of role changes post-stroke on family dynamics and relationships and offer ways to address these role changes appropriately and constructively.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Child-Parent Role Shifts”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]
- Role reversals are taxing on child-parent relationships
- Authority shift
- Lack of proper supports
- “Sandwich Generation” caregiving
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- Practice compassion in this role
- Recognize and validate your loved one’s feelings
- Focus on the positives
- Create support systems
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- Honest conversations
- Meet your own needs and learn to say “no” or ask for help
- Have a deep respect for one another
- Take good care of yourself
- Avoid secrets and guilt trips
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- Shift in homemaking responsibilities
- Changing who manages finances
- Sexuality and intimacy issues
- Marital issues arise
- Short term relationships (<5 years) are jeopardized
- Spouses feel like they are living with a “stranger”
- Cognitive and behavioral issues
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- Marriage is one of the greatest predictors of health and longevity
- Have patience
- Compatible role changes are shaped by marital communication
- Intimacy may change, but it is not lost
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- Embrace the role changes
- Communicate effectively
- Ask for help
- Take time for yourself
- Continue to grow in your marriage and relationship
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- An under researched population
- Becoming increasingly more common
- Strong existential component
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- Treat your children as adults
- Loss of autonomy at a young age
- Loss of job, family, home, etc.
- Honest and open conversations
- Avoid reverting to old roles (parent v. child dynamic)
- Create a mutual enjoyment
- Create spaces for yourself and your child
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- Identify the issue
- Be honest
- Use “I” statements
- Value everyone’s ideas and opinions
- Consider counseling
- Share responsibility
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- Change is HARD
- Ask for assistance and guidance
- Take care of yourself
- Appreciate yourself
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