Welcome to this support group for Direct Non-professional caregivers.
A self help Voluntary anonymous community scheme for direct non-professional carers or especially for those persons living with their families or whose partners have been diagnosed with cancer.
A PROJECT OF
SHARING HOPE EMPATHY MANIFESTO EDUCATION SUPPORT HEART TO HEART HELPERS Caregivers coping with anticipatory grief - An anonymous
support group for carers.
SOME INSIGHTS SHARED INTO YOUR JOURNEY OF PARALLEL PATHS - The rights of the patient are at all times paramount. Practice palliative care. A journey where each person travels in a three dimensional world.
- Experience this Privilege to travel on this journey of self-discovery. It is a spectrum of colour for all role players as you accompany and share every human emotion with your loved one.
- Maintain your equilibrium.
- Bring closure to "unfinished business" - not in the material sense.
- Create a support system for yourself, be it family, friends or medical and paramedical.
- Forgive yourself, Care for yourself. This is a new life phase never previously lived or experienced.
- Respect and honour the wishes of the ill.
- Self sacrifice is paramount but don't sacrifice yourself.
- Your grief is anticipatory - understand that you are in the first stage of grief
- Maintaining your emotional and physical well-being, you will go a long way in your ability to assist your loved one.
- Hopelessness must not destroy your hope
- You must be mindful that as a caregiver that the person you are caring for, lives in a very lonely world
- Each day brings new moments of joy, perils, concerns and hope.
- The circle of empathetic support contributes to sharing.
- And as a final point THE WILL TO LIVE IS FAR STRONGER THAN THE WILL TO DIE.
