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How do you handle aggression when your client gets upset?

January 22, 2020 by Lorna Seale

This seems to be a tricky subject as I’m reading more and more about clients actually hitting their carers which must be quite horrific for that particular carer. We need to try and work out what prompted this aggression. Maybe … Read More

Categories communication, Mental Health Tags agression, agressive, caregivers

Loneliness affects us all while working as a carer

April 8, 2020December 22, 2019 by Lorna Seale

Loneliness is one of the biggest issues that affects live-in carers. We can go days or even weeks without any contact with the outside world. When a client lives in a rural area and the family has so kindly set-up … Read More

Categories Hobbies, Mental Health Tags caregivers, carers, hobbies, mental health
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Caring isn’t the only function we perform, we are also therapists to family members …..

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 by Lorna Seale

It only occurred to me recently that we are so much more than carers for our clients. It was the son of my recent client that pointed this out to me. We are also therapists for the family. As my … Read More

Categories Mental Health Tags caregivers, carers, mental health
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Lexi my camper van changed my whole life…

December 15, 2019 by Lorna Seale

Guest post by Sue Maule Life is all about choices and the knowledge that we have the freedom to make new choices every single day. Five years ago I woke up in my home town of Knysna, South Africa, and … Read More

Categories Mental Health, Travel Tags caregivers, carers, minivan, travel

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