Comment on Lee Wei Ling's article "Who cares for caregivers"

I agree with the point that caregivers for handicapped people have an “extra burden” on the shoulders. The people they are caring for are usually heavily reliant on them, and therefore they have to commit a huge portion of time to look after the handicapped relative. Having a handicapped relative who you need to take care of also means that you need to set aside a huge sum of money for his daily expanses and his medical fees. Both do not come cheap. I do not know why the nursing home rejected the fathers’ request to put his son there in the case stated in the article. However, his reaction of attempting to stab his son and then commit suicide was rather extreme.