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
Once you place your loved one in memory care, did you wonder if you did enough to keep them home? Also siblings don’t like your decision.
10 Answerswaytomisery Answered 3 hours agoIs it wrong to hope someone dies?
939 AnswersKwiemer Answered 14 hours agoIs it normal she's so negative?
1,429 AnswersSierramikewhisk Replied 22 hours agoWhat is the one thing that bothers you the most about caregiving?
1,870 AnswersCalliesma Answered May 17, 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.
1,389 CommentsWarriorwoman1 Commented 22 hours agoHappy Mothers Day to all mothers!
4 CommentsDoggieMom86 Commented May 13, 2024Feelings of guilt. What are we all so afraid of?
25 Commentswaytomisery Commented Jan 27, 2024F.O.G.
8 CommentsNYDaughterInLaw Commented Jan 24, 2024
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