Before you were a caregiver, you had a place in your family. Depending on that place, your role as a caregiver may bring with it new challenges to overcome. Adjusting to the changes in your life and adapting to the changes around you produce many emotions. Those emotions have a lot of influence on how you react.
Conflicting emotions frequently occur in caregivers. Topics presented in External Influence provide insight into how others have also reacted and how caregiving not only impacts our homes but our work, the community, and those around us, too.
Battling Emotions The unpredictable nature of managing someone else’s world and medical condition often feels beyond the caregiver’s control. However, controlling the situation remains their responsibility. Battling emotions like fear, anxiety, anger, and frustration can overwhelm a caregiver given the chance. These emotions threaten to rise to the surface as the caregiver struggles to fight […]
Little Time to Deal with Caregiver Emotions Since caregivers often acquire their role suddenly, they have little time to prepare for new responsibilities mentally, financially, or emotionally. Often, they must deal with caregiver emotions by stuffing them inside to think about later as they move on to the next decision to make. Meanwhile, they
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Caregivers suffer from two syndromes that indicate they need some personal attention. One is called “Compassion Fatigue” and the other “Caregiver Burnout.” Running at Full Throttle I like word pictures, so here’s one for you. Think of a boat. You have a caregiver running full throttle hitting waves head-on, staying the course for hours on
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By Donna Steigleder I’m going to be brutally honest with you as I tell my story. I went from a nice person everyone liked to someone I didn’t even like due to burnout. Pay Attention, so it doesn’t happen to YOU. I Love My Husband, but I’m Tired I love my husband, but caregiving wears me
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Recognize the signs of caregiver burnout, and when you do, ask for help from those around you. The support you need is a chance to get away from caregiving as the “Lone Ranger” for a while. Therefore, try to get away for a day or two or at least to share your caregiver
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Children Caring for Parents Adults are not the only ones who have caregiving roles thrust upon them; children do as well. Children caring for parents as one of their family chores naturally occurs in the same way as other family responsibilities. In addition, family members take care of one another. Therefore, even if the person
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Caregivers Can be Victims, Too The news publishes many articles about elderly abuse and domestic violence associated with in-home care. However, seniors and the disabled are not the only ones who can be victims of abuse when it comes to in-home care; the caregiver can be a victim, too. In some situations, the one receiving
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Adapting to Changes in Family Relationships Part of getting used to being a caregiver is adjusting to how you interact with your family members. Before becoming their caregiver, you functioned as a parent, sibling, child, spouse, partner, etc. Now, regardless of your prior role, or whether you are younger or older than them, you begin
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Government’s Plan for Staffing Crisis Focuses on Families Filling the Gap The 2018 United States Census Bureau report shows that as soon as 2035, older adults will outnumber children in the US. With the population aging, the demand for healthcare services increases significantly when the healthcare industry faces potential critical staffing shortages. Outpatient procedures occur
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No One to Care for Patients The “National Data on Caregivers” show approximately fifty-three million adult caregivers in the United States. Between 2015 and 2021, the United States saw a 21% increase in adults providing unpaid care to their family members. Why such a significant increase? One reason suspected is
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