This may be a particular peculiarity of mine but I don't want to know the caregiver's life story. There is a caregiver here who talks incessantly about every aspect of her family's life, her health, her life decisions, etc.
You know, I don't want to hear about your life's stresses too. I really don't. You're here to relieve stress and help, not pile more on.
Have any of you experienced an overly chatty, oversharing caregiver?
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Best of luck!
You don’t have a friendship with this person. They are an employee.
I would tell them in a polite way that they are there to help you by doing what they were hired to do.
It’s up to you if you want to offer support to them by suggesting that they speak about their issues with a therapist.
If you have NAMI in your area you might pass along their phone number to them.
Best wishes to you.
This is honestly quite common. Many caregivers are of another culture, sometimes latinex and sometimes filipino, where the open sharing of so much family history is common. They will understand and honor your wishes in most cases if you make them known.
Simply say "I honestly am overwhelmed with my own family's concerns right now. I know you will sympathize when I tell you I cannot right now be concerned with your own family concerns. Thank you for understanding this and honoring our request that you don't share personal matters with us at this time".
Honestly is ALWAYS the best policy in these matters.