Children Taking Care of Elderly Parents: Overcoming Burden

If the idea of caregiver burden feels insensitive, it can be replaced with the terms ‘duty’ and ‘responsibility’.

There are multiple participants in caregiving and family relationships, and thoughts of how duty and responsibility translate to caregiver burden.

Being a burden can mean depending on others for their time or resources, and relying on their goodwill or generosity for assistance.

Let’s look at how this shows up in caregiving and family relationships by looking at two things older adults commonly say.

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