Parkinson’s Disease Does Not Have to Come Between You and Your Loved One

If you are a caregiver you probably have a close relationship with the person you are caring for. Whether it’s your spouse, your mother or father, friend or other relative, it’s very important for you both to realize that the problems you are facing are not from the person, but the disease.

Parkinson’s is a disease that could come between the two of you, and you have to be careful not to let it. You have to find things that you can still do together or find new things that you both can enjoy.

Whether it’s watching TV or whatever, you have to find ways of doing things together that are fun and not a struggle for the person with PD and that don’t require patience on the part of the caregiver.

“It can be very easy to lose the relationship you have with one another and just become the caregiver and care receiver. You lose the sense of being a man and a woman, of being husband and wife, of lovers, of companions and friends”, Dave says.

“You need to make a very concerted effort to do the types of things to maintain that sense of relationship above and beyond being a caregiver and care receiver”.