Acting as a caregiver for a sick parent is difficult enough in and of itself, but one thing that often increases the stress is the way different siblings deal with the crisis. Too often, one sibling ends up shouldering the entire burden, which causes bad feelings all around. The siblings who are not helping with [...]
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The Emotional Demands of Caregiving and How to Deal With Them
The caregiver role can be quite rewarding, yet it is also a challenging experience that not only tries you physically and mentally but emotionally as well. When the caregiving lasts over a long period of time, the result is often stress and a lot of it. You will feel all of these conflicting emotions that [...]
Helping an Adult Caregiver With Depression
There is a big problem among adult caregivers these days that they either do not recognize or no one is talking about. The problem is called depression and as many as 25% of all adult caregivers suffer from this condition which is twice the national average of the population in general. These figures are actually [...]
