My friend, a woman in her 50's, lives with a long-term partner who recently had a mild stroke. He's getting better, very slowly, but it has destroyed her mental health. She's now terrified she'll find him dead on the floor some day. Trouble is, she's the sole breadwinner and she simply doesn't want to leave him alone. She keeps taking days off work, crying in her office, anything to stay with him so she'll be there if there's an emergency. Working from home is not an option (NHS).
I'm trying to work through things mentally with her and find actual solutions to the things that are scaring her most - suggesting little cameras in the main rooms or one of these personal alarms, but she's not really engaging. She's exhausted, depressed and heading towards a breakdown, which won't help anyone. Twenty year old daughter is completely self-absorbed and won't lift a finger round the house and my pal just doesn't have the energy to fight. No one enters the DD's world, it's just there for her.
Can anyone suggest online counselling or a group she could contact for people with young stroke partners? I really feel she needs to talk to people who have been in this situation.