We’re All Alone In This Together!

It’s ironic that a disease that affects over 50 million people world wide and is so prevalent that one person is diagnosed every 3 seconds can make both sufferers and carers feel so isolated.

Even in today’s society we find it hard to ask for help, scared of being judged, scared of been looked at differently by the people we love.

This week we had two new potential citizens, both finding themselves in the early stages of dementia. we walked around the Day Care Centre showing them and their primary carers our facilities and some of the activities that were being arranged for both respected days. After we showed we proceeded to the office to discuss the process in which both individuals could become part of the Trusted Local Care Family.

When we reached the office we had a good talk and on both occasions I left on a high feeling that both elderly gentlemen felt at home, and would be a perfect fit with ourselves. Later on in the week when I did a follow up call with the primary carers both carers told me they were happy with the service but were still not sure about using the an outside service to help.

It dawned on me that for our elderly a lot of people feel obligated to do as their parents did for them, when we think of our children growing up we have to depend on schools, childminders and a host of services to help raise them, the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child” comes to mind. We need to realise that having help care for the people we love is not failing! In fact it’s quite the opposite.

Self care can only lead to better care for your loved ones. It helps us be more resilient in testing times and more capable of dealing with all the other stresses life throws at us.