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Unsung Heroes and National Carers Week, June 9th - 15th.

  • 06-06-2014 2:15pm
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    Afternoon one and all, and apologies for the long post.

    Next week is National Carers Week, which hopes to raise awareness of the situation and numbers of carers amongst us, and to perhaps shine a small light on the work they do and how they benefit the whole of society.

    I have some small experience of this. More than a decade ago, a sibling was diagnosed with a degenerative neurological illness, and although the decline was slow at first, in the last few years of their life they were utterly dependent on others for their care and wellbeing. As a family we coped, we rotated our days as best we could, and luckily could afford help when we had to, and we begrudged not a moment of it. Not one second, although no day was easy.

    Shortly after their death, a member of our extended family was catastrophically injured in a motor accident. She was left with brain and spinal injuries, and needs 24 hour care which all of us are involved in, providing respite for her immediate family who bear the brunt. She's a joy to care for, although distance prevents me from doing more.

    But there are other families out there, many of them, who don't have wider family to rely on for help. There are carers out there who work 24/7, and who have their meagre allowance cut even though by virtue of their work the public purse is spared the much more costly option of professional care. There are carers out there who's sacrifices mean loneliness, poverty, stress, and terrible isolation.

    So, if any of you know a carer, whether it's full-time, part-time or whatever, if you can make a space for an hour or so in your life to do something nice for them during National Carers Week, then please, please do. They are the glue that holds a sick person close to their home, the reason so many terminal patients can die at home surrounded by those they love, The people who give the elderly the companionship and love we all need, the unsung heroes among us who help their special needs kids reach their full potential.

    It's a thankless job, so to all those out there going that extra mile for someone else, I salute you. You deserve so much more recognition than you get, and I hope this coming week means a little more appreciation will come your way.

    *Tips hat*

    Thanks for reading folks.

    Linkage:http://www.carersweek.ie/


    TL:DR It's carers week next week, be nice to them.


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