A Caregiver's Burden [medpagetoday.com]
By Nancy Swezey, MedPage Today, January 5, 2020 A study from 2017 defined caregiver burden as, "the strain or load borne by a person who cares for a chronically ill, disabled, or elderly family member." Nurses are all too familiar with the instinctive concern for patients, and often equally so for the person sitting at the patient's side. Many caregivers give up proper sleep, nutrition, recreation, and financial resources to care for a family member with a disease that requires...