The unpaid care giver.

Behind every successful Rehab program, there’s this sacrifice of an unpaid care giver. Yet, no credit goes to them.

Let’s put some care into our health care.

When a person suffers from stroke and paralysis, he becomes bed ridden for 6 month at home. He takes food in a tube, passes urine by a tube and stool in a bed pan. He needs regular medicine in time and optimal skin care to prevent bed sores, scheduling of visit to doctors and physio.

All these are invisible part of our daily Health Care, that some day in future will put that Patient back on his feet.

A mother or a close relative is the unpaid care giver in all these cases.

Such unpaid care givers are the invisible backbone of any chronic disease.
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What is the value of such care ?

In 2015, a study done in Australia estimated the cost of this informal care is 18.2 billion which is twice that of what government of Australia spends on such patients.

In the above calculation, I’ve not included, the loss of productivity, change of job, financial loss and downsizing of ambitions that such Care givers have to undergo.
Because all these are voluntary and credited to the account of love.

An account that doesn’t follow the conventional laws of book keeping.

Behind every successful Rehab program, there’s this sacrifice of an unpaid care giver. Yet, no credit goes to them.