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Caregiving for a Loved One with a Long-Term Illness

By CancerCare staff — 2021

When you are caring for a loved one with a long-term illness, caregiving becomes a marathon rather than a sprint.

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Don’t Tell a Caregiver to Stay Positive. Here’s How to Help Instead

So what does help when a friend or family member is in the thick of caregiving, or any crisis?

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Kate Washington
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Understanding Caregiving Burnout

Caring for a loved one can be stressful, and that stress can have a considerable impact on a caregiver’s personal health and well-being.

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Robyn Correll
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Is It Normal to Have Feelings of Resentment Caring for My Aging Parents?

Why it’s completely normal to feel bad about caregiving, and what to do to make it better.

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Linsey Knerl
2020
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Letting Go of Resentment and Anger as a Caregiver

When you truly focus your attention to the task, the switch to thinking mindfully about your action results in a change in your feelings and behavior.

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LuAnn Pierce
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How to Handle Guilt and Other Caregiving Emotions

Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.

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Common Causes of Caregiver Stress

Here are just some of the pressures that many caregivers face.

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Elizabeth Scott
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The Emotional Toll of Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Disease

Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease can be an isolating journey that’s both physically and emotionally taxing.

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Lo Styx
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Grief and the Cancer Caregiver

Becoming a cancer caregiver will change your life in many ways, and your loss could be profound. Learning how to cope with the grieving process will help.

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Chris Iliades
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How to Hire a Cancer Caregiver

Hiring outside help can bring respite for everyone’s benefit.

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Janie McQueen
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