Caregiver Guilt
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Episode 35 -
On this episode we will be talking about something that you may have experienced while caring for a loved one or maybe you're experiencing it right now and that’s caregiver guilt.
This is a component of caregiving that many caregivers have dealt with at some point while caring for a loved one and some still do.
We will discuss tips and ideas for caregivers who are caring for family members or loved ones to help them feel their worth and to let them know that their best is all they can expect of themselves.
Caregiver guilt can and does affect everyone differently. For some it can cause issues with weight, appetite, or any number of negative affects. The guilt can also manifest itself in physical, emotional, and psychological ways.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care, with discussions on important age-related matters and topics. |
| 0:08.2 | Brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by Top Rated Local. |
| 0:26.1 | Hello and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. |
| 0:31.7 | If this is your first time visiting us here at the show, thank you for taking time out to be with us today. |
| 0:42.1 | We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is, and that's why we try and make each episode here at all home care matters, something that will hopefully matter to you. |
| 0:47.3 | Today we're going to be talking about something that you may have experienced while caring for a loved one, or maybe you're experiencing it right now. |
| 0:50.2 | And that's caregiver guilt. |
| 0:52.5 | This is a component of caregiving that many caregivers have dealt with at some point while caring for a loved one. |
| 0:58.7 | We have talked with countless family members who have shared with us the guilt and issues they have faced when they were caring for a loved one. |
| 1:06.2 | And sometimes you may not even be the primary source of care. |
| 1:10.1 | We had talked with a son whose mother was in a rehab facility recovering from a fairly routine procedure. |
| 1:16.6 | And the son would go every Tuesday to stop and spend some time with her. |
| 1:21.2 | There were no real issues until one Tuesday he had an important meeting at work in the evening. |
| 1:26.0 | It was a dinner meeting. |
| 1:27.4 | And he called to let his mother know he wasn't going to be work in the evening. It was a dinner meeting. And he called to let his |
| 1:28.6 | mother know he wasn't going to be able to make it and would come the next day. This sounds reasonable, |
| 1:34.5 | right? Except it wasn't. The son shared with us that his mother had made him feel just about as bad as he |
| 1:40.8 | thought he could be made to feel and the guilt he had dealt with for months and |
| 1:45.5 | months and said that he wouldn't dare ever miss that Tuesday visit again no matter what because of |
| 1:51.7 | the impact the guilt had on him and said it was so bad he never wanted to experience anything like it |
| 1:57.5 | ever again now caregiver guilt can and does affect everyone differently. |
| 2:03.6 | For some, it can cause them to gain weight, for others lose weight, lose an appetite, |
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