Describing the Difficulties and Rewards of Being a Carer for a Family Member.

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What is a carer? The term carer is used in many ways but it is a specific term used for those who "look after a friend, relative or neighbour who needs support because of the sickness, age or disability." (Directgov,2006) It can also be said that the term carer is someone who looks after a person who has care needs as they are a vulnerable person due to age, sickness or disability. who needs support to live as close to independently as possible. As a case study I will be following a carer called Ann Walker, who care for her father Angus McPhail in Angus's home. The following will go through the day to day difficulties and rewards faced by Ann, and the struggle of getting the balance between caring for her father and been a mother and a wife. The following section has been broken up into two parts. The difficulties and the rewards. Both will be bullet pointed before been explained why they are under that heading afterwards using paragraphs. Difficulties The following difficulties are pick up when reviewing the case of Ann Walker. • Not accepting you're a carer • Managing time between various tasks • Keeping the family unit intact, juggling between a wife, mother and daughter/carer • Stress, • Guilt of looking after her father after mother's death, maybe a sense of duty • Accepting support that is out there • Conflict of interests • Finds been insulted labelled a carer The difficulties Ann faces when caring for her father come from the fact that she does not recognise herself as a carer. Ann has to juggle her life around her father which will not be easy, trying to care for her father while been a wife and a mother to a teenage girl will produce conflicts as heard in the case study, the conflicts on their own are meaningless, but if allowed to build overtime will make it more difficult for Ann to balance her family duties and her care duties. Ann's

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