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Emotional wellbeing
It is easy to focus on the health and happiness of the person you care for and put your own wellbeing into the background, but it’s important to care for yourself too.
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Ways to cope
Dealing with the emotions that come along with being a carer can be difficult and confusing. Each person will go through different responses and it’s important to recognise that it’s ok to feel however you feel.
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Dealing with the emotions that come along with being a carer can be difficult and confusing. Each person will go through different responses and it’s important to recognise that it’s ok to feel however you feel.
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Dealing with the emotions that come along with being a carer can be difficult and confusing. Each person will go through different responses and it’s important to recognise that it’s ok to feel however you feel.
Ways to cope
Dealing with the emotions that come along with being a carer can be difficult and confusing. Each person will go through different responses and it’s important to recognise that it’s ok to feel however you feel.
Managing emotions
Making sense of the rapid changes in emotion that people with dementia can go through can help you to support them, as well as ensuring your own emotional wellbeing doesn’t suffer.
Physical and mental health
There is increasing acknowledgement of an intrinsic connection between the health of our bodies and our minds. By looking after your physical health you are caring for your mental health and vice versa.
Resilience
Resilience is the way we cope with stress and adversity in life. Our wellbeing benefits from being able to employ a range of strategies which help us to cope with challenges.
Feelings
of guilt
Feelings of guilt are common among caregivers, even though they are performing exceptional acts of compassion under difficult circumstances.
