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Ivan Freer shares the plight of being a full-time carer while struggling with his own health | The Senior | August 28, 2024
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Ivan Freer uses the Carer Health and Wellbeing Service to support him through caring for his wife.
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My name is Ivan. I care for my wife. She's incapacitated. I've been caring for her
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fully for four years, mainly at home. She doesn't go out a lot because of her
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disabilities. Beginning with being a carer, you don't really know what you're
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going into. Now I've got to do all the housework, shopping and everything else
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there is involved with it, and it's a bit of a shock to the system. It's good for
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me because it keeps my mind active and keeps me going. I'm a lot less selfish
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and thinking more about my wife, so in that respect it's changed me quite a bit.
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I was put on to the carer service through Frankston Hospital. It's
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concentrated more on me, whereas I've been to other medical professionals and
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asked them the questions and I've never really gotten an answer. With the
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service, you'll get an answer that will lead you to the right direction. If you're
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a carer, you can't just think only about the person you're caring for. You've got
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to think about yourself a bit as well. Visits with a psychologist there, that's
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been good, being able to talk to her. I can get in nurses if I need them. I can
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get in extra home care if I need it. We can get meals sent in if we need.
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It's just made my life a lot easier. We're a member of a four-wheel drive club and
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we're also in a caravan club that we enjoy. I don't do a lot by myself other
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than taking my dog for a walk. We've got a couple of dog parks within reasonable
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walking distance of our place. I'm never away for too long. An hour might be a
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maximum. I need to be there but even that now is getting a little bit beyond
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me because of my own health problems. A service like this is needed because
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there are just too many people out there that are struggling and they don't know
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what they can get, what assistance they can get. It's not that easy being
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a carer and I was very thankful for the assistance that they gave me.
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