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Understanding the role of
caregivers
• Anyone who cares for someone is a caregiver and is rewarded in many ways. The reward could be
monetary (for example paid nurses, paid staff) but the wages is only part of the reward. The bond
that is formed between the caregiver and the receiver receives much of the reward. A type of
bond or reward which cannot be weighed in any form of currency.
• Sometimes caregivers spend a short duration of time with their patients. Sometimes they are their
caregivers for a much longer period of time. So much so that not only do the patients depend on
them but also love them like they do their own children, especially elderly patients.
• For the caregiver, spending time with patients with terminal illnesses makes so much of a
difference to be able to add some joy and comfort to their patients in the last days of their life.
• Many paid caregivers make personal visits of different duration of time for all kinds of nursing or
helping aid jobs. Different kinds of people need a caregiver, the elderly, the sick, the injured who
need assistance for a long recuperation of health.
• Caregivers are not necessarily hired help. Caregivers can be family members or neighbours as well.
You might be, or perhaps should be a caregiver to your parents or other relatives in need. The
caregiver needs to have a world of patience and tolerance.
• A caregiver could also be someone who connects with you in times of need. Females are found to
be better caregivers than men because of their maternal instincts, the compassion and level of
tolerance as well as being firm when needed.