Positive Aspects of Caregiving

• Caring for someone you love.
  
• Being needed.
  
• Feelings of accomplishment
  
• Finding personal strength and courage previously unknown.
  
• Families become closer.
  
• Character building - patience, forgiveness, and humor.
  
• Learning to value the present.

Compiled by the Lincoln/Greater Nebraska Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, 1999.