Hi, I’m mnina. I cared for my grandmother for the last year before she passed from Dementia and other complications. My husband I have cared for during the past 4 plus years, he is in palliative care with terminal cancer, he has almost passed 4 times in the past four years, with 2 of those times being just this past December. I’m an expat American from California, living in Australia. In the wee hours of the night, when I felt so alone and scared , I stumbled onto this incredible support system through the Mayo Clunic newsletter I received by email. IndianaScott was so helpful as were the others. I could say what I was feeling and didn’t feel so alone and guilty. They are hoping to set up something like this here by 2019. Unpaid Carers are worth 2 billion dollars to the government here, so they are investing in services. We do work! We work 24/7, unless we have respite. I don’t even like when I hear people say “ so how have you been out of work?”. That’s a fallacy that needs to be changed. I look forward to being a part of this community and thank you for being there. I wish you all peace and good self care, on this very difficult road, one day at a time.