There is purpose and beauty in caring for another.
A Carer’s Journal is a collection of articles based on the lived experiences, observations and learnings of many carers. Their writings reveal and share the joy, beauty and adventure of caring for another. To care for and nurture is exquisite and transforms both carer and cared for.
Journal articles
Caring As a Community Service – The Practice of Ordinary Days
I pointed out some of the flowers and bushes to Mia and my colleague as we walked along, and handed her a dandelion to feel and smell. Mia had a strong sense of smell which ...
Caring As a Community Service – The Practice of Ordinary Days
It was a warm spring day when we took Mia out for her first walk in the country since she arrived at her new home. Mia was eight years old and had a diagnosis of ...
Carers in their Power and Authority
The words power and authority are not found in any care manual or training programme. Carers receive long lists of what not to do in relation to abuse of a client (and rightly so) but ...
Healing Relationships Through Care.
If someone had said to me 4 & some years ago that I would move in with my mother and care for her I’d have replied “in your dreams”. These words, spoken by E, a woman ...
Does Devotion to Duty Empower or Exhaust carers?
Part 2: Caring or Martyrdom? At the other end of the spectrum are carers with ideals and beliefs of being perfect and good. These carers seemingly embrace the responsibility with enthusiasm, but this can sometimes ...
Does Devotion to Duty Empower or Exhaust Carers?
Part 1 – The ideals and beliefs There are many full-time carers who live with an elder, partner or other family member and care for them 24/7, often with no day or time off unless ...
Caring for Others Does Not Have to be Exhausting.
If we consider that everything is energy (as per Albert Einstein) then how we live our lives will energetically impact all areas of our life, whether that be our sleep, our work, our relationships, every ...
Enriching Care
What is enrichment We are enriched when we receive and respond to everything in life as an opportunity to learn and deepen. Nothing is seen as too much, too mundane, too miniscule. Every task equally ...
Moving house…Setting a New Standard
How I completed my life in my home of 36 years fundamentally aligned with my values. Leaving my home wasn’t just about practicalities and meeting legal requirements, there was much more. The home I was ...