Monday, August 29, 2011
Being a middle age woman is often a time of endings and beginnings. Your children leave for college while you take on caring for aging parents. The stress of it all may make you feel that your heart may be breaking – and in actually, it can be.
ABC News’ Dr. Richard Besser and Bradley Bl...
I've also heard of this condition coming in to play a lot for retired women, particularly since women live longer than men and a lot of ladies tend to outlive their husbands. In your experience, do women require more attention and care, in terms of the caregiving community, than men do?
Hi, Essential Caregiver,
I think women quite often put themselves last on their priority list, and instead make sure that the needs of their their spouse, children, parents, employer, etc. get first dibs on their energy and time. I think that paradigm is especially true for female caregivers. Therefore, I'd strongly encourage women -- especially those in a caregiving situation -- to be sure to regularly give themselves time on their own schedule so that they can nurture their own mental and emotional health. If women caregivers don't take care of themselves, they put their own health at risk -- which will cause them to be unable to be of help loved ones.
If this doesn't answer your question, let me know!
Take care!
Dorian