Talk:Voluntary caregiver

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[edit] Blurb for DYK

Did You Know

...a caregiver is a spouse, relative, friend or neighbor of a disabled person who assists with activities of daily living, often helping that person continue to live in their own home?

[edit] No I didn't,

And so I and millions of others in the UK and worldwide will continue to use the word "carer" which at least has the dignity of being enshrined in legislation. Merging "carers" into the much clumsier coining: "voluntary caregivers", given that it is used internationally, was a poor editorial decision, IMHO. Excalibur 01:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spousal caregivers

I would like to add a page for spousal caregivers, as a separate, distinct category of family (voluntary) caregivers. I just added a link to the Well Spouse Association, http://wellspouse.org, of which I am the President. I hope it is not conflict of interest for me or for one of our people to write a page on spousal caregiving. Spousal caregiving is separate from other forms of family caregiving, because of the more intense and intimate nature of the relationship between the two family members. There is also a general perception of an elderly couple, one looking after the other, with a terminal illness. We would be writing about younger couples, from their 20's on up, in which one person has a chronic illness or disability that requires some measures of care, increasingly involved, by the other.

We are the only group in North America that is devoted to the support of all spousal caregivers, but I would include links to groups such as Bipolar Significant Others, or Young Cancer Spouses.

Could I please have comment on this? My name is Richard Anderson, my EM is richard@wellspouse.org

Wellspouse 20:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)16:03 March 12, 2007