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After my experience caring for my former partner after a workplace injury, just two years later I would return to the role of carer for my mum. In this post, I discuss how I applied what I learned from my first experience about prioritising my own wellbeing, and establishing and maintaining boundaries.
In this post, I discuss my experiences as an unpaid carer, including what I have learned about prioritising my own wellbeing, and establishing and maintaining boundaries with the person I cared for. I also address the stigma around separating from a partner with an illness or injury.
This week is National Carer's Week here in Australia (14-20th October). In January 2017 my fiance Greg suffered a debilitating work-related back injury, and for the past nineteen months I have been his unpaid carer. The road to recovery is slow and uncertain, and for both of us it has been an incredibly challenging journey,… Continue reading Why Do I Care?
