The Grief Caregivers Live with While Watching a Loved One Struggle

Nearly everyone involved in caring for aging loved ones is experiencing grief. Often, however, we're not aware of this grief. We have a parent who used to be strong and capable begin to ask for a little assistance. No big deal, right? We're happy to help. But underneath, often unnoticed, there's a knot in our hearts. We're grieving the loss – the loss of function that made our parent need to ask for help. Weren't they the ones who helped us? Weren't they the ones in charge?
Read the full article on Agingcare about how caregivers deal with the grief that they feel while a loved one struggles with a debilitating disease:
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Source: Minding Our Elders - April 7, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs