Facing into the challenge of long-term care

from The Irish Times:

THAT'S MEN: Carers involved in long-term or chronic care need to remind themselves that they are choosing to care

IN
A RECENT column, I wrote about the stresses involved in caring for
somebody whose condition is terminal, and also about the stresses
involved in being the person who is cared for.

Subsequently, I
wrote about the tendency of human beings in conflicts to torment
others, and about the importance of personal and moral choices in
avoiding such behaviours.

A reader pointed out that both of
these columns are particularly applicable in cases where a person is
caring for somebody with a chronic illness. The person with a terminal
illness is coming to the end of his or her life. Chronic conditions,
however, can go on for decades. This can be very stressful indeed for
both parties involved in the caring.