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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Understandable.........
The program is run by a psychiatric nurse who has had extensive experience in this particular area. I'm not completely familiar with the mechanics of the program but it appears to be several things: a type of respite care where a volunteer, after being trained in the needs and procedures of the person in question, will go into the home to stay with the incapacitated person while the primary caregiver (spouse, adult child, whomever) is free for a period of time to pursue his or her own interests, shop, whatever. It appears also to function as a sort of informal support group where experiences and information is shared...... It is good to see a program designed to help them cope with the strain and inconvenience that being such a caregiver entails.
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Hope that nurse isn't the one I'm thinking of