Speaking from experience, I would say it is an HONOR to care for a sick loved one. I would gladly do it again in a heartbeat! : )
Just watched an old charmer of a movie, FIVE LITTLE PENNIES, about the cornetist great, Red Nichols. The film is 200% Hollywood hoke with a fabulous cast -- Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong and a very young Tuesday Weld. Lots of good music. Under all that, however, is a deeply moving story of Nichols and his wife nursing their little girl after she was stricken by polio. He dropped out of his stellar musical career, worked in a shipyard, in order that he and his wife could care for the child day after day, year after year. The last scene will bring you to tears.