How to help caregivers? This is a question that makes sense because the disease spares neither the patient nor the person or persons who care for him.
When a person learns that he or she is seriously ill, his or her life changes in a few seconds.
Indeed, the first thing that those around them think about is the shock that the sick person feels.
Of course, we feel sorry for the people around them, but we don’t imagine the direct consequences that the caregiver will have to face.
First, the caregiver sees his or her life change in an instant, just like the patient.
Secondly, it often happens (if the patient and the caregiver are together) that the disease prevents the sick person from working.
The financial situation then rests solely on the caregiver. He/she has to do everything to keep his/her job, but he/she immediately puts on his/her caregiver’s “hat” when he/she leaves work. The sick person receives much less money after 3 years in the case of a very long illness that prevents him from working again.
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Thirdly, the caregiver must sometimes support both the patient AND the direct entourage of the patient (children, parents…). The caregiver must sometimes take it upon him/herself to support the aggressiveness of the patients towards him/her.
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Thus, we can witness the total collapse of a family that was the very example of a united family living in happiness.
Indeed, I know what I am talking about because I experienced this with a family that took care of me from the time I was 6 months old until I was 6 years old.
In summary, the second son of the family became ill with AIDS in 1988.
As a result of his death 7 years later, his mother, who was his primary caregiver, developed lung cancer and died in 2001. (She had never smoked in her life). ) Devastated by his mother’s death, his first son fell into alcoholism. He died less than a year ago.
The situation is urgent: today, the accompanying person is the one who is left behind; he or she runs real physical and psychological risks.
Second part of the article… to follow soon.
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