Healthcare professionals should talk to caregivers and remind them that they need to take breaks. Anne ended up in the hospital after breaking down due to stress.
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Oh there’s many ways I think they can improve service. Like these agencies that provide people to come into the home and help, if they’d stop trying to pull the hours away and try to make people feel like they don’t deserve those hours. Like that’s really wrong. I mean, he has a horrible life. I mean, for somebody to come in and help him in the morning for three quarters of an hour, that’s a big deal that they want to even take that away from him? Like assess people properly, try and understand their needs and give them the proper hours they need or help they need, and not try to pull it away from them all the time. Because now, like, he worries me sometimes because I’m afraid one day he’ll agree to give up his hours, right. And he’s getting worse not better. He’s going to need more care, right. And that’s the other thing. There’s a number of things I’m worried about that way. If he gets a lot worse, what do I do then? I don’t know. I don’t know if I could get him into a home. There are line-ups now to get into homecare. Like what do you do? And I don’t even know what’s available there. I don’t even know who you ask about that kind of stuff. I mean, considering I’ve been in this for 25 years, nobody’s come forward with a lot of information or help or anything like that.
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- When care changes over time – AnneRecently, Anne’s husband can barely make it into his wheelchair on his own. She is worried about what will come next.
- Uncovering how and why caregivers care – AnneAnne feels that she would not be able to live with herself, if her husband was in a facility.
- The future and caregiving – AnneAnne is worried about the day her husband can’t get into his wheelchair, but says, “What will happen will happen, there is nothing I can do about it.”
- Support from family and friends – AnneIt was a real shock for Anne that her husband’s family disappeared.
- Interaction with professionals – AnneAnne is frustrated with the lack of care her husband receives, and no longer accompanies him to see the doctor.
- Impact on health – AnneThe stress kept building until Anne was admitted to the hospital for a week.
- Caring for yourself – AnneAnne finds that reading certain books help her manage how she feels.
- Advice for professionals and society – AnneHealthcare professionals should talk to caregivers and remind them that they need to take breaks. Anne ended up in the hospital after breaking down due to stress.
- Advice for professionals and society – AnneHealthcare professionals should talk to caregivers and remind them that they need to take breaks. Anne ended up in the hospital after breaking down due to stress.
- Adapting to new roles and key issues for spouses – AnneAnne feels she has lost her marriage. “When somebody’s chronically ill, they don’t have the energy or the patience.”