Monday 22 December 2014

Consider carefully before you call yourself a carer

Or does it matter?


I have been talking to quite a few medical specialists lately and they all have one thing in common.  They feel genuinely sad that people call themselves carers before anything else.   They hear time and time again, “I’m a carer now you know” or “yes I’m a fulltime carer” or simply “I’m the carer.” 


If we are caring for someone, what’s wrong with being called the carer?  And why are the medics sad?