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Challenges of Caregivers of Mentally Ill Persons – A Study of Em and the Big Hoom

  • Unique Paper ID: 168424
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 5
  • PageNo: 1018-1020
  • Abstract:
  • The stigma that mentally ill persons carry is not different from the trials and tribulations of their caretaker’s confrontation with the victim and the society. The caregivers are emotionally and physically drained in the process of providing an amiable, congenial ambience to reduce the negativism of mentally ill. The physical and mental stress the caregiver undergoes due to the non-cooperation, dependence, mental incapacity of the victim is horrendous. The consistent exhaustive efforts of the care giving families to remain as a friend, companion, guide, nurse and philosopher to the victim is ever unidentified, unarticulated and unheeded. There are no support systems or incentives provided by the Government or hospitals for self-help to retrieve the emotional balance or to boost the morale of the Caregiver. The present paper explores the challenges of caregivers of a person with mental illness with special reference to Jerry Pinto’s ‘Em and the Big Hoom’. The story of Em (Imerald – mother of the narrator suffering from mental illness) with graphical descriptions is told from the perspective of a caregiver son, the narrator. ‘The Big Hoom’ refers to the narrator’s father who a rampart was protecting the family from falling apart due to the bouts of Em’s madness. Susan, the narrator’s sister is a stoic caregiver providing very practical solutions during the need of the hour.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 5
  • PageNo: 1018-1020

Challenges of Caregivers of Mentally Ill Persons – A Study of Em and the Big Hoom

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