Category Archives: mental health
Tribute to Carers
Carers are often overlooked
There’s no sympathy to spare,
When it’s lavished on the one who’s sick –
The person in their care.
So often the carer needs an ear
A shoulder on which to cry,
A minute or two just for themselves
As their life goes rushing by.
An hour to spend that’s just for them
For fripperies and for fun
When at someone else’s beck and call,
Their work is never done.
An outing to the cinema perhaps,
To laugh and feel carefree,
To offload the burden,
Weighed down with love,
So a bit of life they see.
They never moan, they don’t regret,
They don’t see it as a chore.
They don’t do it as a duty
Or to notch up a heavenly score.
They don’t get awarded medals
At the end there is no prize.
But then, you see, each carer
Is an angel in disguise.
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Interesting board game for carers of someone with Bipolar
Help for carers of someone with Bipolar
Board game aids understanding of bipolar disorder.
A board game has been developed to promote better understanding of bipolar disorder and how it affects sufferers.
Jocelyn Duncan, from Caerphilly, lived with the illness, characterised by severe mood swings, for decades before being diagnosed.
Without respite carers would get no social life
How health cuts affect the sick, the disabled, war veterans, carers, the elderly and people with mental health problems
by David Lea, Daily Mirror 11/03/2011
DEREK Hamer, 47, and his wife Susan, 45, are full-time carers for their disabled 16-year-old son Matthew.
Matthew has severe delayed global development and spends his time at home in Preston, Lancs.
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