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Good Morning.

Throughout the year there will be awards for different categories of care across the regions. But we may not be aware of the care sector, until finding ourselves in the role of Power of Attorney, or practically caring for another person.

As a Chaplain, I may experience sitting with people and their families through terminal illness, offering spiritual and emotional support, but was completely unprepared for the legal, financial and medical landscape to be navigated with my own Mum, alongside challenges of being thrown into a caring role. It was under my increasingly exhausted watch, that she fell and was hospitalised, making it clear professional help was needed.

Evaluating the balance of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing is essential. A person may have falls, but it doesn鈥檛 mean they are not cared for. Friends of my Mum refer to her as the 鈥渃ome back kid鈥�. We think we鈥檝e lost her, yet she bounces back. While she may deteriorate physically and mentally, she is emotionally nourished by a team of people who genuinely love her.

Visiting this week, nominations are being made for the home鈥檚 Employee of the Month. It鈥檚 an impossible task as everyone is deserving - from the compassionate care of maintaining someone鈥檚 dignity, to the patience required with a resident refusing to eat.

Dear God, I鈥檇 like to offer a prayer for all the carers, in care homes or at home, known or unknown to others for their duties. Please give them your unconditional care so they may they be constant and clear channels for your love. And even though I'm now more aware, I offer eternal gratitude to the professionals who continue to be there for me, and others, to ask for help.

Sat Naam.