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
Mom has dementia and end stage renal failure. I have so much guilt and anxiety. Help!
18 AnswersAlvaDeer Answered 9 hours agoWhat is the one thing that bothers you the most about caregiving?
1,854 AnswersBikegirl Answered 23 hours agoHow am I supposed to accept what’s happened? She needed me and I failed her, how do I live with this?
10 AnswersDawn88 Answered Mar 17, 2024Is it wrong to hope someone dies?
920 AnswersOnthehill Replied Mar 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.
1,387 CommentsCaregiverL Commented Mar 11, 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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- Violent Behavior
- Aging in Place
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Severe Dementia
- Mild Dementia
- Chemotherapy
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- Home Modification
- Adult Day Care
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