Ways all care givers can provide support and care regardless of the specific disease. There are many links to resources for helping with specific illnesses in the show notes.

Show Notes:

Article by Eileen Davidson

How You Can Support Someone with a Chronic Illness (and Some Real Advice on How Not To)

Article by Melissa Manning

Coping With Chronic Illness: A Caregiver’s Guide To Helping Others

https://www.mbcareno.com/single-post/2019/11/08/How-to-be-a-Supportive-Partner-to-Someone-with-Chronic-Illness

American Diabetes Association

https://www.diabetes.org/

https://www.diabetesjournals.org

https://www.arthritis.org/diseases/rheumatoid-arthritis

https://www.copdfoundation.org/

https://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS

https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsons

https://www.cancer.org/

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

Autoimmune Disease List

Alzheimer’s Association

https://www.alz.org/

https://www.dementiasociety.org/

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/

https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/get10/essentials.html