OzHelp Foundation

I agree that caring is a burnout job. It can be rewarding but also very draining. I am a person who gives one hundred percent and due to my caring role I get no time off. A trip to the shops or to church is my only outing. After working in aged care and not getting a break all day for eight years I believe the burnout from the job has crept over into my full time caring role. I have no idea what I will do when this carer role ends, in fact I dread the thought of it. I am trying to study online but it is constantly interupted and I am falling behind. I get no respite as I am told I am the carer and she does not understand the role of respite being for the carer to have a break.