If you have ever been a caregiver in a short-term or acute situation - and certainly if that’s your situation right now - this episode is for you. While it’s typical to think mostly about the needs of the care receiver in an acute situation, you as the caregiver are in it too, whether or not other people are keeping you top of mind. In this episode, I talk about why this stage of being a caregiver can be so exhausting physically and mentally, and why it’s critical to learn to accept help from people right away. This episode is number two of four in my mini-series on the four stages of being a person with caregiver responsibilities. Full transcript is here (FacilitatorOnFire.net/episode46). Find out about the upcoming workshop on boundaries and the holidays or get a link to the From One Caregiver to Another facebook group here (FacilitatorOnFire.net/LearnMore). For almost-daily doses of straight talk for family caregivers and sandwich family caregivers who want to set boundaries, follow Kay on Instagram here.