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    A place where Caregivers come together to share common experiences, challenges,and resources. 

    Caregivers are truly experts in patient management and can help each other because of their intensive experience in patient care at home. Caregivers can ask questions to others on this forum going through a similar caregiving experiences. They can start topics and discuss things like ways to manage daily tasks, where to find doctors, nurses, and other health services, how they manage stress, and any other topics related to caring for their loved one and for themselves. It is a great place for Caregivers to come and chat about the issues that affect them on a day to day basis and take time to focus on their own needs and health.

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  • An elderly and spectacled couple Mr Pranab Basu in a blue striped shirt with his wife in an orange blouse and a cream sari
    Palliative Treatment Ensures Good Quality of Life
    Mr Pranab Kumar Basu shares his experience of being the sole caregiver of his wife, who had metastastic colon cancer, and how he succeeded in keeping her mentally strong and cheerful till the end. I have been the sole caregiver for my wife who was suffering from cancer. My wife was under the treatment at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, from July, 2015. She battled for nearly 2 years and 6 months. She finally succumbed to it in October 2017. She was a victim of metastatic colon cancer. The…
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    An Unshakeable Pillar of Support For Person With Mental Illness
    Mala (not her real name) has been the primary caregiver for her brother Ram (not his real name) who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia for more than 15 years. Indra Venkatram writes about the challenges Mala faced as a sole caregiver in Singapore. About Ram Ram was a very bright and intelligent boy who did very well in school, studying in top secondary and junior college and also topping his cohort in his overseas university.  He was the pride of his family and had great plans for his…
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    Co-existence of Caregiving and Nourishing Oneself
    Jyotsna Kumar talks about her caregiving roles - as a mother of daughter with Cerebral Palsy and as a daughter. With a timely reminder on the importance to look after oneself to avoid burnout and also to increase the quality of caregiving. When I became a mother of a child with disabilities (spastic diplegia, commonly known as cerebral palsy), my life changed drastically. It was an upheaval of all kinds - emotional, physical, mental and financial. The life I knew prior to her birth…
  • Facing Mortality To Seize Control of Living
    Dr. Divya Parashar, head of the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, weaves in her personal experience with that of a patient to emphasise the need to talk about quality of life choices and why story endings still matter.  "Hi Doctor, I wanted to speak to you about my father if you have a minute.”  And in walked Rohit (name changed), conversations with whom led me to assess my own beliefs and practices about medicine and what we as…
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    Managing the Double A - Autism and Adolescence
    An autism dad’s honest story of managing adoloescence and puberty with a positive attitude. Journalist Bhanu Pande shares his experience of pro-actively preparing himself and his son for growth spurts and physical urges to raise him into a responsible and independent person.  #FathersDay It’s hard to be an autism dad. And there’s no getting around it. I had turned reclusive during our early days as a newbie, in autism land. Let alone my interaction with my friends going through…
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    We Lost the Soul of Our Family to Cancer
    It has been almost three years since his wife passed away, but the void is hard to reconcile. In an emotional piece, Mario recounts the day when his wife Cheryl was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, and how family and friends rallied together to make her comfortable and happy in her last days. I first met my wife around Oct 84 in a church in Lucknow and after wooing her to hell and back married her in Oct 85. As a family we had our ups and downs but I daresay we had a beautiful…
  • Dietician Navnidhi Vyas playing the game with waiting families of the patient
    A Game Which Engages and Educates
    Have you wondered if the waiting time at a hospital can be used effectively? Navnidhi Vyas, Senior dietician at Sterling Hospital, Vadodara came up with an engaging twist to the Snakes and Ladders Game to explain a healthy diet structure. And three easy to follow healthy recipes. Diet Snakes and Ladders Game Purpose - To refresh and more importantly educate patient’s relatives about healthy dietary practices in their free time, specially when they are waiting in the hospital for their relatives…
  • Narrative Therapy and Its Benefits To Families
    Raviraj Shetty, a lead Therapist, Supervisor and Project Manager at Ummeed Child Development Center talks about his work using Narrative Psychology. He has published a paper in the Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy in the context of handwriting training using Narrative Therapy.  1. What is Narrative psychology? Narrative therapy is a respectful and a non-blaming approach of counselling used for children, individuals, families, couples and communities. Narrative therapy is based…
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    Memory Stickers for Moderate Middle Stage Dementia
    People with moderate stage dementia can continue to perform their regular daily activities with a little bit of support. Social worker Mangala Joglekar, who runs several programs for the dementia community and has set-up the Memory Clinic in Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, shares 5 examples of coping strategies for better living. And Advice for Caregivers. Moderate stage dementia could be said to start when cognitive inabilities can no longer be hidden. It is considered as the longest…
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    Life Lesson I Learnt Watching my Papa Die
    We prepare ourselves for everything, but most of us are in denial about death. Aparna Das shares the one final lesson her father taught her during his last few days as he breathed his last. My father was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in October 2017. Of course, he and all of us did everything in our capacity to save him. But he passed away on the 20th of April 2018. The three days leading to his death were probably the most painful that our family had faced collectively. But I have a…
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Question received from a caregiver: My mother in law is 69 yrs old. Just started using adult diapers (L/XL Premium pullups by Dignity). She is also going through treatment for kidney disease (not on dialysis) and have many health complications. She…
RESEARCH ON MALE CAREGIVING EXPERIENCES
Hello everyone! My name is Chandrima Das, and I am currently pursuing my masters in Applied Psychology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. This message concerns my dissertation which is an essential part of my coursework. For my…
Home needed for 78 year old with schizophrenia in Mumbai
Request received. Any inputs welcome: I need to find a suitable home for caregiving to my uncle. He is 78 yrs old and a schizophrenic. He is in #Mumbai. We have tried to keep him in old age homes, but due to his behavioural problems it didn't work…
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AIIMS to provide End of Life Care to terminally ill non cancer patients too
Delhi: AIIMS has decided to provide to end-of-life care (EOLC) that attempts to reduce the suffering of terminally ill patients and to ensure dignified death for non-cancer patients. They are currently working on the details. This is a welcome move…
Destined to Hell- Caregivers of violent Schizophrenics
My 79 yrs old father is a patient of schizophrenia for ages now and had stopped taking treatment after 2013. he claims he is absolutely sane and everybody around if conspiring against him and gets physically aggressive. Even though a senior citizen…
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Haii,My name is Godwin staff nurse currently am looking aft one patient who was affected with brain stroke before 2 years and comparing to past year he improved lot but he is having trecostomy so quit offen he affected by infection can you suggest…
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