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Caregiver for stroke patient: Anyone experiencing burnout?
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Thanks for feedback. I at times just feel hopeless that I cannot improve the quality of their lives. Everything costs so much. I also do not receive any assistance from family who at time are very quick to criticize me. For example I was told that I was not watering the pot plants. To me looking after my wife is more important than a pot plant. I feel that the family look more towards my wife's physical condition than to me who is her caregiver. I am the main person that my wife turns to and am also involved in her illness
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I don't know where you live or if medical marijuana is legal there, but if so it may be helpful in keeping them happier. My wife began her health journey in 2017 with the first of many different illnesses: they just kept piling on one after the other until first she had trouble walking, then became wheelchair bound, then unable to get in or out of the car, then was completely bedridden. I was her primary (and only) caregiver until hospice arrived on the scene and they were truly a godsend. Her final blow and downslide came with the unexpected death of our adult son She just gave up and quit eating and drinking. I'm alone now and truly wish that she was still here for me to take care of. Be thankful that you still have a wife to take care of. Bless you and keep on truckin'