This good article on caregiver stress was written by the Detroit Free Press in late October. (I couldn’t find it on their website, however. I found it on another newspaper website.)
The author lists “five scenarios that could lead to feelings of stress and depression in caregivers and experts’ advice on how to cope with the situations.”
Four of the stressful scenarios apply to seniors. They are:
1- financial stress
2- moving a person who can’t
3- driving all the time
4- refusing help
Here’s a link to the article:
Help for the helpers
How to prevent stress and depression
Detroit Free Press
by Cecilia Oleck
October 23, 2006
Robin