Wonderland and the World of Caregiving

Sherri Snelling reveals four simple steps to prevent stress and burnout when the time comes to care for your aging parents

Sherri Snelling | 11/10/2010 12:00 am

"Good grief, I’m turning into my mother!" As the boomer generation ages, that concept is an increasingly common reality as more and more of us start to face an unsettling new phase: beecoming a parent to our parents. Welcome to your next stop ? wonderland and the world of caregiving.

According to the latest statistics from the National Alliance for Caregiving, more than 65 million Americans provide care to a loved one who has a chronic illness, a physical or mental disability, or is just "aging in place." Sixty-eight percent of these caregivers are women. In fact, the typical caregiver is a 48-year-old woman caring for her 70-year-old mother.

While women are commonly the nurturers in our ...

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