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#Compassionate_care_LOVE_unconditional# #caregiving_a_skilled_art_dedication# #selfcare_an_act_of_Love# #touch_symbol_of_love# #therapeutic_relationship# #covid19_2020# #Graces_of_Grief#      The quote of Dr Elisabeth Kubler Ross urges me to analyse self as sole caregiver for my beloved wife with metastatic cancer that I am the luckiest person to perform the task of caregiving from the very beginning and at the end when only soft touch and physical presence beside her led her to have peaceful dignified death.      I feel sad why you know? In the beginning of the year 2021 I have lost three of my closest friends , victims of covid19. It haunts me , can you tell me Why , because the loved ones are deprived of soft touch , conveying the last message of LOVE and even presence during the funeral. Journey of their departed soul was pretty traumatic and rankles on the mind of the loved ones. The inept handling of the covid19 in 2020 turned into a major crisis_ lef...

 INTERNATIONAL DAY of PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, 3rd December, 2020.       This year's theme," Not all disabilities are visible" motivates us to spread awareness and understanding of disabilities , not immediately apparent, such as mental illness, chronic pain, neurological disorder, cognitive disfunction , even.depression prime cause of disability. The invisible disabilities are of high risk of wellbeing of people specially during the trying time of covid19 pandemic, proves vulnerable as mental health is the indicator of physical well-being. WHO's report on disability makes healthcare professionals concern that 15 percent of the world's population are living with disability.      During covid19 pandemic the people are suffering from anxiety, worry, uncertainty, fear , mental fatigue due to imprisonment within the four walls specially for the elderly people and children bear an impact on health status. The person affected by Corona virus feels loneli...

#TOUCH_HEALING_BOND# #NONVERBAL_COMMUNICATION# #PALLIATIVE_CARE# #LOVE#              #A_SOFT_TOUCH_SYMBOL_OF_LOVE#     Touch symbolises LOVE, the terminal patient with non-communicable disease like cancer 🦀 needs from the loved one, the primary caregiver. I observed myself when I just placed my palm on her head just before her journey to the unknown world, her eyes , opened in pain before death, became closed being relieved of pain, looked calm.      The unique experience I gained : at the time of her dying moment, I put my hand on her forehead and chanted a prayer, it was a marvel to me she smelled the sense even in her vegetative state and the soul departed immediately with peace, I could honestly feel .        So the soft loving touch promotes physical and psychological well-being .

Pranab Basu has been a hands on caregiver for his wife, and has now devoted himself to helping and counselling people suffering from Cancer. He talks about the importance of counselling in Palliative Care. Audio What is the role of Palliative Care? World Health Organization defines Palliative Care as "to prevent and relieve suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other related problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual". The intrinsic value of Palliative Care lies in the interdisciplinary team effort of providing physical, psychological, social, spiritual and existential needs of patients. It is a wholesome approach and the service is provided not only by attending doctors, trained nurses and caregivers in the family, but also by the psychologists, social and cultural workers and spiritual counsellors. Padma Shri Dr M R Rajagopal, also known as the ' father of palliative care in India ' has been advocating vig...