caregiver stress
Supporter's emotional fatigue
Caregiver stress is the physical, emotional, and mental strain experienced by people who provide ongoing care for others—typically elderly parents, disabled family members, or chronically ill loved ones.
The demands of caregiving can lead to exhaustion, depression, and neglect of one's own health: Caregiver stress contributed to her decision to find respite care for her mother.
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- running on emptyOperating without remaining resources
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
compassion fatigue · taking a toll · resentment · guilt · isolation · anxiety · depression · sleepless · round the clock · burden · daily grind · sacrifice · juggling · second shift · respite · asking for help · support group · aging parent
- family dynamicsfamily dynamics, family roles, family therapy, sibling rivalry, parenting
- stressstrain, overload, overwhelm, stressors, cortisol
- Aging Problemsdementia, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, arthritis, falls
- aging psychologyaging brain, life review, late adulthood, life span, brain aging
- aging strugglesloneliness, memory loss, cognitive decline, social isolation, bereavement
- elder caregerontologist, geriatrician, geriatric nurse, geriatric medicine, assisted living