Guilt & Caregiving
Guilt Articles
A Caregiver's Guilt
Trying to please someone with memory issues can seem like a losing battle. Many caregivers bend over backwards for their loved ones only to have their efforts fail or fall short. Sometimes the guilt feels overwhelming.
20 CommentsHow to Manage Caregiver Guilt When Hiring a Home Health Aide
Family caregivers often feel guilty about hiring in-home care for their aging loved ones, but there are steps you can take to feel at peace with this care decision.
5 CommentsOvercoming Negative Emotions While Caregiving
How does a caregiver break the cycle of negative thinking? Learn to manage feelings of resentment, anger and guilt brought about by caring for an elderly loved one.
35 Comments10 Common Caregiver Confessions
Negative thoughts are a normal reaction to stressful situations. Instead of feeling guilty, caregivers must acknowledge these difficult feelings and seek out solutions to achieve a better care experience for themselves and their loved ones.
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Guilt Questions
I just moved my mom to memory care and I feel like I made a huge mistake.
16 AnswersFawnby Replied 13 min agoHow can I get my elderly mother to understand that I need a break from caregiving?
53 AnswersSuzy23 Answered Apr 24, 2024How do you deal with the guilt a caregiving when you feel like you're not enough or you're not doing a good enough job?
24 AnswersSuzy23 Answered Apr 24, 2024Is it wrong to hope someone dies?
932 AnswersDogwood63 Answered Apr 23, 2024
Guilt Discussions
My mom has been a miserable, nasty, and hateful person all her life. As a mother she has dominated every aspect of her children's life.
1,388 CommentsPeachy68 Commented Apr 12, 2024Feelings of guilt. What are we all so afraid of?
25 Commentswaytomisery Commented Jan 27, 2024F.O.G.
8 CommentsNYDaughterInLaw Commented Jan 24, 2024I feel very guilty if I don't visit my mother everyday at her assisted living facility. I have no other life than taking care of her.
19 CommentsDebbiespain Commented Nov 26, 2023
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