For many polio survivors, the late effects of polio are only part of the picture. As the years go by, aging itself brings new considerations—joint pain, balance concerns, changes in stamina, or chronic health conditions that have nothing to do with polio. While it’s important to address post-polio issues specifically, polio survivors also benefit from tapping into broader resources designed …
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The Weight of Caring when the Carer Can’t
Frances Henke, Hastings, Australia Writing about the physical impact of caring for, then loss of, a spouse as a polio survivor may seem self-serving, but in this case, having talked to others, I realized there were valuable shared experiences worth passing on. When daily routines that match our abilities are suddenly added to, life can become debilitating. The person we …
When the “Cared For” Becomes the “Caregiver”
Audrey King presented at FICCDAT Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 2011 I found my mother’s diary recently – the one she kept during the 1950s when we were an Army family living in England. She’ll be 100 in 8 weeks. She lives with me, deaf, unable to walk & rapidly losing weight. She has dementia which roller coasters between inconsolable agitation …