Topic: burnout
Do you find you are experiencing a mixed range of emotions when it comes to your aging parents? It’s not uncommon to feel guilt, calm, sadness, anger, joy, resentment, love, and exhaustion at the same time.
In this excerpt of a fuller discussion — Aging Parents: What You Need to Know — Lisa Mayfield, Founder and Principal, Aging Wisdom, talks with Joanie Parsons, RevelEleven, about how to set health boundaries and best address time challenges. These healthy boundaries help to keep emotions in balance too. …
Caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s, another dementia, or Parkinson’s, whether it’s a spouse or parent, can be stressful, and at times, overwhelming, even on a good day. Too much stress can be harmful to you both. It’s also not uncommon for family caregivers to be so concerned with the needs of the person in their care that they lose sight of their own well-being. …