Category: Caregivers & Relationships

  • How to reduce Stress, maintain Mental Health in Divorce -Part 2

    By Luci Larkin Sometimes the support of friends and family is enough to see a person through, others may need more help such as counselling or medical advice. With the right divorce lawyer you should be able to resolve a divorce sensibly enabling you and your children to move on with your lives in the…

  • How to reduce Stress, maintain Mental Health in Divorce – Part 1

    How to reduce Stress, maintain Mental Health in Divorce – Part 1

    By Luci Larkin Going through a divorce or relationship breakdown can be one of the most stressful situations a person can find themselves in. You lose your friend, partner, confidante and have to adapt to living as a single person, often as the primary carer of children. This is a time of extreme and mixed…

  • The Importance of self-care for carers

    The Importance of self-care for carers

    By Alice Lucey When you’re providing care for a family member or elderly person, you could easily end up investing so much energy and effort into maximising their health and wellbeing that you neglect your own. Wonderful and all as caregiving can be, nobody has an endless supply of energy. Those many hours spent on…

  • Becoming a Caregiver for a father I never Knew

    Becoming a Caregiver for a father I never Knew

    By Bailey Goff Whenever I have told this story, a lot of people really don’t understand why I did this, especially at 17. There were too many variables that were going to make the situation turn out bad… For instance, I didn’t know him and I was 17. I always get didn’t you want to…

  • When Young Kids become Carers

    When Young Kids become Carers

    Sometimes, through no fault of anyone, kids even very young kids, end up being their parent’s carer. This can often be seen in homes where there are no other supporting adults that can take on the role of carer to an unwell father or an unwell mother. It is important that we do not ignore…

  • What not to Say to Adoptive Parents

    What not to Say to Adoptive Parents

    by Anonymous Adopters Last year we adopted the most beautiful boy from India.  While everyone was excited and meant well, one could not help feeling that some thought the adoption route was like a second best solution. Now, we spent several long and painstaking months going through the adoption process.  We learnt so much about…