caregiver burnout
Nurturing fatigue syndrome
Caregiver burnout is the physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that results from the prolonged stress of caring for someone else—typically an aging parent, disabled family member, or chronically ill spouse.
Symptoms include fatigue, irritability, withdrawal, and neglecting one's own health.
After two years of round-the-clock care for her mother, she was experiencing serious caregiver burnout.
The condition is distinct from ordinary tiredness; it reflects a depletion that rest alone cannot fix.
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- running on emptyOperating without remaining resources
- compassion fatigueEmotional depletion from overexposure
- secondary traumaDistress from exposure to others' trauma
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
emotional exhaustion · depleted · worn thin · resentment · guilt · sandwich generation · isolation · quiet suffering · sleep-deprived · stress · breakdown · neglect · sacrifice · thankless · chronic fatigue · hospice · family duty · dementia
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, weariness, lethargy, chronic fatigue
- Aging Problemsdementia, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, arthritis, falls
- elder caregerontologist, geriatrician, geriatric nurse, geriatric medicine, assisted living
- life adjustmentsempty nest syndrome, homesickness, separation anxiety, bereavement, midlife crisis
- burnoutburnout, emotional exhaustion, exhaustion, exhausted, overwork
- caregivingcaregiver, nurture, look after, watch over, tend to
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