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Mental health: ethnic minority carers’ experiences
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Anton - Interview16
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Anton feels supported in the Sri Lankan church.
Anton cares for his 84 year old mother who suffers from dementia. His caring responsibilities together with his own health problems meant he had to take early retirement, but he is very involved in voluntary work.
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Marcie - Interview 04
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Marcie grew up as a Catholic, but now finds that learning from philosophy helps more.
10 years ago Marcie's husband Larry was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Today he is completely depended on her and Marcie gave up her job as a Ward Clark to look after him. Most of Marcie's time is taken up with caring for him, which is restricting and isolating.
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Anne - Interview 20
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Anne maintains her personal relationship to God and that helps her to cope.
Anne has been caring for her husband, who has severe depression, over the last four years. She has recently returned to part time work after having been a full time carer for some time. She believes it should be a requirement that health professionals listen to carers.
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Anne - Interview 20
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According to Anne, people do not talk about mental health problems in churches.
Anne has been caring for her husband, who has severe depression, over the last four years. She has recently returned to part time work after having been a full time carer for some time. She believes it should be a requirement that health professionals listen to carers.
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Amar - Interview 01
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Amar has stopped going to a Temple because of people's attitudes to mental health problems.
Amar's mother got a schizophrenic disorder around the time the family moved from Kenya via India to England. Over forty years later, Amar is her mother's main carer, on top of a full time job and being a parent.
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