Is it such a difficult thing to be an effective caregiver?
How come the cared one is hopping mad, just wanting to drop dead and the so called caring one isn't really happy?
Is this the way it always is? What does one do when one has to be a caregiver and there is no other viable option and unfortunately one isn't the best of empathetic caregivers?
What if the cared for isn't empathetic and looks at the caregiver only as a factotum? But should this matter to an effective caregiver? Given the situation, a caregiver cannot look for an ideal or even a nice environment.
An ideal situation is when both can accept the situation as tough but look forward to dealing with it. When the patient is mostly comatose and the 3-4 hours of consciousness is filled with pain, hallucination and bitterness it's painful for the caregiver too.
One sees the situation where the cared for is on life support and almost in a coma - there being hardly any executive function, only biological functions in action. And hallucinations. Can it get worse?
A situation where both look forward to the end of the situation is so awful one feels retching.
But one interesting thing is that the act of caregiving itself has been a Caring 101 course for the caregiver.
But one interesting thing is that the act of caregiving itself has been a Caring 101 course for the caregiver.
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