Caregiver stress

How Caregiving Can Change Your Personality

There’s no getting around it: being a family caregiver is bound to impact how you think and who you are as a...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to caregiving. Every family caregiver must be free to make choices that work best for their unique...

Caregiver burnout isn’t something that happens all at once. We all have good days and bad days, which is normal. Eventually, though,...

Caregiving is a stressful job even during the best of times. The sheer amount of responsibility is enough to make the most...

We all live with a certain amount of worry, much of which is caused by fear of the unknown. Since health issues...

My nature is generally upbeat. I try to be grateful for my many blessings and not dwell on the negative. However, as...

Dementia can cause people to say and do some pretty odd things. Family caregivers may be caught off guard at first, but...

Most people have not personally provided care for a loved one and therefore cannot fully understand everything that goes into being a...

Dear Carol: My mom’s blessed with relatively good health for someone in her early 80s. She has enough money to live nicely,...

During the years I cared for multiple elders, I grew to dread the ringing of the telephone. It seemed most calls meant...