I'm wondering how many other carers out there are looking after aged parents?
I have been doing it now for four years, im in my late 50's and im so tired! I don't do anything difficult, just general cooking, cleaning, washing, shopping, gardening, etc, but its never ending, also im going through the menopause which doesn't help. moved into parents home, to care for them, so have little privacy, and realise I am not living my life, im living theirs, doing everything at an old persons pace.
I have no life of my own, its a bit like running a small b & b, took redundancy to care for them, have no
savings left, have put on weight and lost my fitness, now getting occasional bouts of depression, realise I have to do something, cant go on like this, just wondered if anyone else relates to this?
would be interested to hear how other people have dealt with these sort of problems.
I have been doing it now for four years, im in my late 50's and im so tired! I don't do anything difficult, just general cooking, cleaning, washing, shopping, gardening, etc, but its never ending, also im going through the menopause which doesn't help. moved into parents home, to care for them, so have little privacy, and realise I am not living my life, im living theirs, doing everything at an old persons pace.
I have no life of my own, its a bit like running a small b & b, took redundancy to care for them, have no
savings left, have put on weight and lost my fitness, now getting occasional bouts of depression, realise I have to do something, cant go on like this, just wondered if anyone else relates to this?
would be interested to hear how other people have dealt with these sort of problems.