What makes a carer?
The ability to juggle with more than one world.
What makes a carer?
Here's a list of themes from a course I attended. More about it later. The list on the right also came from the course.
Someone who enjoys making someone else lead as normal a life as possible in difficult circumstances
Love/caring
Patience
Able to predict outcomes – future health – tomorrow's safety
Aware of resources
A rock
Sympathy
Genuinely feels for the cared-for person
Compassion
Wants to help
Understanding
Considerate
Act as normal as possible
Flexible
Optimistic
Resilient
Strong – mentally/physically/emotionally
Self-sacrificing
Determined
Able to develop strategies for coping
Hard working
Devotion
Supporting
Emotional strength
Strong stomach
Committed
The factors which make carers what they are include how they cope with the role. Consider the ten things:
What are the 10 ten things that affect carers?
The stages of caring here
How relevant is this?
By exploring the resources in this website or by asking questions arising from them or via the Contact page, it is hoped the reader will progress within those items of interest.
1
To feel more positive about the illness or condition of your caree
2
Finding a befriender for the caree – respite mentally in the sense of knowing someone else is around, and/or physically in the sense of taking time off
3
To understand the different outcomes – “the unknown”
4
Being able to talk to family members more
5
To talk about how I feel
6
Being able to talk to friends more
7
To help to widen support mechanisms
8
Learn to make helpful contacts
9
How to keep strong and keep positive
10
Coping techniques
11
Reducing the fear of the future
12
Widening the Information etc available
13
How to care for yourself
14
Not to blame yourself or feel guilty
15
Coping and communicating with professionals
16
Avoiding isolation
17
Learning to cope with other people's difficulties
18
Being good enough is OK