Social Worker, Granddaughter, or Caregiver? How What We Know as Professionals Can Help or Hinder Our Personal Caregiving Role

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  • Stacey Peyer

Abstract

Lay people often assume that professional helpers are able to handle life's ups and downs with greater aplomb than the rest. When a professional helper takes on the role of caregiver for their own elderly relative, the same lay folk may assume that the task is somehow much easier for them. This narrative explores the author's experience as a social worker, a granddaughter, and a caregiver, as she attempts to understand the ways in which each role was impacted by the others.

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2017-09-26

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Peyer, S. (2017). Social Worker, Granddaughter, or Caregiver? How What We Know as Professionals Can Help or Hinder Our Personal Caregiving Role. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 14(3), 62–67. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1629

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