Caring for someone with dementia can be both physically and emotionally challenging. Dementia can influence a person’s behaviour including wandering, depression, anxiety or agitated states, aggression, hallucinations and false ideas, and loss of inhibition. Undoubtedly, it is a big responsibility and may affect your lifestyle choices. This may lead you to feel stressed and anxious. … Read more
When you care for someone it can be difficult to disengage your mind from the caring role. The worries and caring state of mind remains, and can leave you feeling drained, anxious, overwhelmed and not at peace. It is important, not only for yourself, but for your caring role, to be able to disengage from … Read more
Ability to be involved in our local community is something that most people take for granted. Making connections, developing friendships and gaining a sense of participation and contribution are things that are assumed to be available to everyone. Connecting to a community you have not been a part of because of long-term illness or disability, or, … Read more
Sometimes the biggest barriers people with disabilities encounter are other people. Often people do not know how to behave when meeting a person with a disability. People may feel a bit awkward and do not know how to approach the person, how to look at him/her or how to help correctly and respectfully if help … Read more
Being the carer of a person with a disability can be very rewarding. They may be your child, your parent or a sibling and they may rely on you entirely. However pressure from yourself, family members or your community to ‘always’ be there may lead to chronic stress and possibly carer burnout. Being a carer … Read more
