What is your relationship with the person you care for?

[davina sutherland]

Rosemary, I am so sorry | too got it wrong, I look after my mother and ticked mother instead of daughter.silly me!

[davina sutherland]

Still not got the hang of this my name is Deana should put dopey in front of that!

[Guest]

I am 62 years old daughter, and I look after my 90 year old mother - Linda, Luton

[michael parker]

I think the poll is interesting,and it would be even more interesting to know why we care.Duty,love,family pressure,guilt,lack of anybody else.In my case it`s because having worked in the care world i have yet to find a home i would want anybody i care for living there,and because i am confident i can care for my parents at the moment,but for many it all comes as a massive change,and we still live in a society where the woman is expected to deal with these things.

[rosemary]

It is interesting to see the percentage of people caring for more than one person. As people are living longer I dont think it will be too long before sandwich carers become the largest group.

[Scally]

Yes, but those of us who have done the job for a while have now become a bit more assertive, and the cuisine has changed and become a bit tastier and more international: I call us the kebab generation: we skewer all before us.

[Jane:-)]

Now I understand why you have a sword in your hand Scally!

[BertieBear]

[John Cooke]

As I have said before I care for my wife full time now, well for the past 2+ years. I had a decent job, having completed a degree when I was 34, now 47. I was working full time and taking care of my wife at the same time, until recently, when she was diagnoised with RA and OA. My wife was hospitalised for a short time and trying to juggle work, caring for my wife, looking after the pets, house, etc.. became too much one day. Thought that I was having a heart attack, didn't want to tell my wife as she was in hospital at the time, couldn't phone her due to being hooked up to ECG and the rest. So I took redundancy when it came up.

[maggiejoan]

I find this post very interesting, getting to know all about the carers and their carees xx hope I can be of some help in any way,xx