Families of carers
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My partner is having to care for a family member full time at the moment and our only contact is through email.
I feel totally alone and wonder if there is a forum for families of carers, that someone could recommend.
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If respite care was more readily available it would benefit everyone concerned.
I was thinking, actually, that there should be a national carer's day, not for paid workers but families and volunteerers, who dont get paid for giving up their lives for someone else. It should be remembered and acknowledged that it is a duty of love, but one that totally changes their whole life, and like yourself, affects others around them.
I took my dad in after my mum died, he lived 13 years, which got progressively harder, and with a young family of which one was severly asthmatic, it was hard with no other family or outside help from anyone.
Try not to get too down, lock down is ending soon, and things are going to change. your local council may have advice on forums for carers, or maybe on line libraries in your area.
Soon things like WI will be starting back up again, or church hall type keep fit, etc, may help you from feeling lonely. I am sure others' on here will have been through similar, and may have other ideas for you. Maybe you will be able to visit soon.
Carers UK is for anyone who has a care responsibilty, either for a child, partner or parent etc. It applies whether the caree is still living in their own home, or in yours, or in a Care Home.
I found it invaluable during the five very hard years when I was a carer.
Please please do check it out. It is immensely helpful!