It takes a village

It Takes a Village

… to care for care givers…
–@CraigAAdams in http://myalzteam.com

It Takes a Village

H. W. Bryce

It takes a village to care for a care giver,
For the care givers gets forgotten while they give;

Love is in their hearts but too soon they get fatigued
From giving round the clock according to their creed.

Greed is the dread and scourge of each nasty disease,
Hogging all attention, grabbing all their time of ease.

Truth to tell, of course, this disease is such a blight,
Disease will drag you down, a miserable plight;

It’ll drag you down so deep you’ll never see light,
And you’ll despair that you’ll never regain your life.

Yes the care giver gives till the care giver cries
As he sees every friendship simply ups and dies.

This compassionate soul cries out for some aid
When the strain gets too much and he gets afraid;

He needs someone to give him a break for a while,
Someone who can listen and bring him a smile,

Some compassionate ones to take care of each chore,
To take on the onus so he’ll worry no more.

Yes the care giver needs some care giving too,
To help him to give and to navigate true.

It takes a whole village to help with his charge,
To gather his strength, give him time to recharge.
PICTURE CREDIT:  Caring for Dementia by carts found on DeviantArt: http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?q=caring

which contains: https://www.facebook.com/TheCaregiverSpace/?fref=nf

which contains the blame game article: http://www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving/info-2016/caregiving-blame-game-bjj.html

Picture credit: Caring for Dementia by carts, is listed as
Traditional Art / Paintings / People©2008-2016 carts
Illustration for Alberta Venture magazine, for an article about taking care of people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.