Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has opened up about the toll that caring for her husband Derek is taking on her.
Kate, 55, said in an Instagram post to mark World Mental Health Day: “So I haven’t chatted to you all for a while and I haven’t talked at all about the fantastic nomination which I am so grateful for, for Caring for Derek the documentary for a National Television Award.
“I am so grateful to everyone who’s voted to get it this far and chuffed to bits.
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“But the reason I haven’t spoken to you about it is because I felt sort of conflicted, because I feel as though I have had a lot of support from friends and family and from all of you and I just felt bad in a way for asking for more.
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“But then several carers’ charities have been in touch with me and said ‘no, you must’.
“Today is Mental Health Awareness Day and in the documentary you saw me frustrated, depressed, emotional and I have been all of those and more.”
She ten said that caring for someone “doesn’t get any easier”.
“That’s the thing about caring, you want it to carry on because you want the person to be surviving and still with you so that you can still care for them but there isn’t an end point and it doesn’t get any easier.”
Kate has been caring for her husband Derek, who was a political lobbyist, since he fell ill with COVID in March 2020.
Her husband was in hospital for months to recover, and when he was finally allowed home, he now requires round the clock care, which is given to him by both nursing staff and his wife.
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“On #worldmentalhealthday I have been thinking about what so many are going through,” she wrote in the caption, “If you haven’t seen #CaringForDerek it is still on the @itv hub . And if you feel moved to vote, then the link is in my bio – carers and anyone with a long term illness would feel so grateful not to be forgotten #carers #heroes”.
Derek was back in hospital in August due to “life threatening” sepsis and was placed back into intensive care while in hospital for an operation on his kidneys.
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