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12 I give up
But a Samaritan . . . took pity on him. He . . . bandaged his wounds. . . . Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ (Luke 10.33 –35)
For most of us, there comes a time when we cannot look after our loved ones appropriately or safely on our own at home. For some of us, our own health breaks down and help is crucial. Bringing in a paid carer or having our loved one go into residential care can be very painful. It feels like disloyalty. Admitting defeat. Failure. There’s guilt and lots of other negative feelings. But if you’ve got to the stage where you’re simply saying to yourself or a friend, ‘I just can’t do this any more’, and you know it’s the truth, then it is time for a change in the way your loved one is cared for...