When A Person Is Not A Carer Essay
TMA01.
Why can it be difficult to decide whether or not a person is a carer, and does it matter???
There are between six and seven million people in the u.k who provide extra help to family, friends or neighbours that are elderly or suffering from mental or physical illness. It is very important to recognise these carers, as they need support which could include financial help, mental support or even training.
It can be difficult to decide if a person is a carer or not, there seems to be clear cut answers. However this isn’t always the case, it is important to be able to know who is or isn’t a carer so that they are able to receive the help and support that may be needed. The person i’m going to write about is someone I know who …show more content…
They may see what they do as a duty because of family ties, friendship or something similar. Rhian chose to look after her father because he is her father and she didn’t want anyone else to look after him but her. In the care of Anne and Angus , Anne did what she did for Angus because he was her father and she had mad a promise to her mother on her deathbed.
Anne and Angus’s situation is very similar to the people that I know rhian and reg. Rhian has to give reg his medication and certain times, she cleans his house for him, does personal care like bath him which I gather that was very hard for both of them to begin with, bathing your father but it’s something you would do for your family as I have bathed my nain when she was alive, and to me I did that out of love my for my nain, but people might of seen me as carer for doing that. Even if they didn’t have these problems, who’s to say that the person being cared for is willing or able to view themselves as needing care. That can create problems in the carer getting the support they need. For example to qualify for carer’s allowance, the person being cared for needs to either be on disability allowance or attendance
Why can it be difficult to decide whether or not a person is a carer, and does it matter???
There are between six and seven million people in the u.k who provide extra help to family, friends or neighbours that are elderly or suffering from mental or physical illness. It is very important to recognise these carers, as they need support which could include financial help, mental support or even training.
It can be difficult to decide if a person is a carer or not, there seems to be clear cut answers. However this isn’t always the case, it is important to be able to know who is or isn’t a carer so that they are able to receive the help and support that may be needed. The person i’m going to write about is someone I know who …show more content…
They may see what they do as a duty because of family ties, friendship or something similar. Rhian chose to look after her father because he is her father and she didn’t want anyone else to look after him but her. In the care of Anne and Angus , Anne did what she did for Angus because he was her father and she had mad a promise to her mother on her deathbed.
Anne and Angus’s situation is very similar to the people that I know rhian and reg. Rhian has to give reg his medication and certain times, she cleans his house for him, does personal care like bath him which I gather that was very hard for both of them to begin with, bathing your father but it’s something you would do for your family as I have bathed my nain when she was alive, and to me I did that out of love my for my nain, but people might of seen me as carer for doing that. Even if they didn’t have these problems, who’s to say that the person being cared for is willing or able to view themselves as needing care. That can create problems in the carer getting the support they need. For example to qualify for carer’s allowance, the person being cared for needs to either be on disability allowance or attendance