Often, people do not want to leave their seriously ill relatives and friends in hospitals and, when the crisis is over, they take them home to provide full care there. However, caring for someone who is sick can be very difficult and can seriously undermine your peace of mind.
Think good
Unless you have a hopeless patient in your arms, dreams of the recovery of a loved one can keep your spirit alive. Imagine how a person dear to you will finally recover. Talk to the patient, make plans for the future together. Perhaps, after your recovery, you together want to go to a sanatorium located in a picturesque place, or go to the dacha for the whole summer to finally restore your health, breathing fresh air and swimming in the river. Your future, described in such a welcoming tone, will help you get through a difficult time.
Allow yourself to rest
When caring for a sick person, do not forget about yourself. Periodically assign someone else to look after the patient: ask relatives or friends, hire a nurse. At this time, you go on a well-deserved rest. Go to the cinema, theater, take care of your body: visit the spa, sign up for a procedure with a beautician. Relaxing to quiet music under the caring hands of a master, you will understand that your present life consists not only of anxiety and fatigue. Despite the severity of your situation, it has a place for both relaxation and pleasure.
Don't lose respect
It is often difficult for a seriously ill person to perform basic procedures: take off and put on clothes, go to the toilet, wash. Being so helpless can make the sufferer feel angry and irritated and lash out at you. You, in turn, may be oppressed by the fact that once an adult, healthy and full of strength, a person has now begun to resemble a baby. Try to let your patient take care of themselves to the best of their ability. Buy him comfortable clothes with large buttons, Velcro or comfortable zippers that he can handle. Give the person a bedroom closer to the toilet or think of how else he can satisfy his natural needs (for example, using the same night vase). Buy comfortable dishes, attach railings to the walls so that the patient can move around the apartment. The increased independence of a seriously ill patient will make life easier for both you and him.
Let yourself be spoken out
You are now in a difficult situation and have the right to seek support from your loved ones. Feel free to occasionally complain about how difficult it is for you. The empathy of family and friends will help you get through this period. If you feel that you cannot cope: you constantly feel despair, notice the first signs of depression in yourself, do not hesitate to seek help from a psychologist.
