Kate Garraway has opened up about the mental health toll of providing continual care for her husband Derek Draper.
Derek, a former political lobbyist, was placed in a medically induced coma and spent several months in hospital recovering before being released a year later. However, the virus caused significant damage to his body, including his lungs and heart, and Derek, 55, requires round-the-clock care from a nursing team and Kate herself.
Speaking in a video, the TV presenter explained: ‘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.The GMB presenter admitted she ‘felt bad’ for asking for more support from family and friends
She continued: ‘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.
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