Wu Shwu-chong says after the patient has passed away, the caregiver is often left with nothing at all. Not only has she lost the feeling of needing each other that she shared with the disabled relative, she has also lost economic self-sufficiency.
吳淑瓊指出，被照顧的病人走後，照顧者往往一無所有，既失去被失能親人極度需要的相互依賴感，也失去了經濟自主的能力。