caregiver stories(articles)

My Mum spent over 10 years using a walker and another 5 years completely bedridden on account of multiple medical challenges.Two surgeries, steel implants on her pelvic girdle, another fall leading to a thigh implant, a uterus removal and also a separate surgery due to water in her lungs.Through these numerous hospitalizations my dad stood beside her like a rock and provided constant care.He dedicated himself to her, if possible giving more than 100% of him and she became the Read More

I’m in a filter bubble, attracting all the right things and the right people. It was not always so, it’s been a journey… A self-directed and exhausting one. Chronologically, I had a normal childhood being the eldest of three siblings. Things changed when our father passed away (sudden heart attack) when I was 15. Being the eldest, I was the ‘responsible’ one. Quite a something to live up to… Our mother was shattered and needed our support. She came out of it quickly Read More

Strange but not all have the heart to look after their old. As long as one can remember it has always been that one child amongst many who assume it is their sole responsibility to take care of the old and so that was mine for a good 27 years. I was definitely not the epitome of patience kindness and all that it takes but had just one thing a heart to do it nonetheless. Being second in line of Read More