Living angels. (Carers)

Member Name: D-RAY2000

Product:	Carers
Date:	15/10/08 (88 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Worth their weight in gold.

Disadvantages: -

Although I have never been a carer myself I wanted to heap praise on those who are, having lived with a carer for years in one way or another I feel well clued up on the subject.

I say having lived with one because in my younger years living at home my mum was one and in my first few years of marriage it was also my wife's career before she left to bring up our kids.

The work these people do both in patients homes and in care homes is extraordinary and some of the tales I have heard from my mother and my wife on things they have had to cope with would make your toes curl.

Stories of becoming attached to certain patients only to see them worsen in condition and ultimately die, or just stories of having to clean and change grown adults with excrement and urine covering the most part of their body.

I know how horrid it can be to have to change the nappy of a young child who has filled it through the night so god only knows how these fine people cope with this on an adult scale.

All that aside there is the simple care and attention these people give and how they turn up to what can be a very challenging job and no matter what's going on in their personal lives they continue to offer up a sympathetic and excellent level of care.

Carers are not rewarded enough in my books and the job they do should not only be paid better but should also get some sort of recognition. Where would we be without these people who continue to turn up to do this job that I do not mind admitting I could never do?

I have had several jobs since marrying my wife, all of which were a fair bit better paid than she ever was as a carer and I find that disgusting because the work she had to do was a million times harder than the work involved in any of my jobs or indeed all of them put together. My hat comes off to these people it really does!

Summary: Brilliant people!