Hemvård

Vi möttes i mitt samtalsrum. Hon beskrev hur hon tog hand om sin demenssjuke man dag efter dag. Hur hon hjälpte honom att klä på sig på morgonen, hjälpte honom att klara dagens alla bekymmer och hjälpte honom i säng på kvällen. Sedan suckade hon och sa med eftertryck:

- Jag orkar inte en dag till! Hur ska det gå med allt? Hur ska det gå?

Jag svarade inte, och hon fortsatte:

- Men jag måste, jag bara måste klara det, det finns ju ingen annan som kan göra det.

Lars Björklund mötte i sitt arbete som sjukhuspräst inte bara sjuka människor -- alla de som finns runt den som är sjuk, eller bara gammal, är också i en utsatt situation. Under de senaste åren har han träffat ännu fler av dem vid föreläsningsdagar för anhörigvårdare.

Hur ska jag orka? är en bok skriven för alla anhörigvårdare men också för dem som möter familjer och ensamma människor i vård och omsorg. Vad gör man när ansvar för, beroende av och kärlek till en annan människa blir en alldeles för tung börda?

Ensamma klarar vi inte så mycket. Vi behöver varandra, och vi behöver hitta praktiska lösningar som kan hjälpa oss med det som blivit vårt ansvar. Men vi behöver också hitta ord och tankar för det svåra.

ur bokens förord

Ung, frisk och lycklig - då är det ingen match att lova att älska varandra i nöd och lust. Men hur orkar man den dag den andre är sjuk och hjälplös, behöver passning dygnet runt och ens egen frihet obefintlig?

Lars Bjöklund intervjuas i Svenska Dagbladet

Lars Björklund har skrivit en varm och inkännande bok om vad det är att vara anhörig och var gränserna till det möjliga går.

Corren

Ett stort antal konkreta exempel och en välskriven text förmedlar en stark närvaro från författarens sida som gör att boken berör läsaren på ett bra och närgående sätt.

Björn Nilsson Bibliotekstjänst

Now I understand there are no ordinary lives - that every death is the end of a single event in time's history: an event so improbable as to be miraculous, and irreplaceable in every particular.Sarah Perry's father-in-law, David, died at home nine days after a cancer diagnosis and having previously been in the good health. The speed of his illness outstripped that of the NHS and social care, so the majority of nursing fell to Sarah and her husband. They witnessed what happens to the body and spirit, hour by hour, as it approaches death.Death of an Ordinary Man is an unstinting account of death by cancer, a reportage into the daily experience of caring, an exploration of the structural conditions of dying in the UK, and most importantly a testament to David's life, that of an ordinary man.Unflinching and profoundly moving, Sarah Perry confronts the taboo surrounding death and shows us how to confront all of the terror and beauty that comes with the end of life - and how the saddest thing she has ever seen is also the best thing she's ever done.

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