By Sarah Jeanne Browne — 2021
Compassion fatigue can happen in many different situations and regardless of your job or caregiving role.
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Both working and non-working caregivers are likely to experience stress associated with “sandwich” caregiving.
So what does help when a friend or family member is in the thick of caregiving, or any crisis?
More adults these days find themselves becoming a caregiver for a family member, especially as the older demographic continues to grow. According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, 85% of caregivers look after a relative or other loved one, and 42% of them care for a parent.
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Mere waiting and looking on is not Christian behavior.
Lama Rod Owens says protesting is a spiritual act that engages the practitioner’s body, speech, and mind in service to others. But many Buddhists are resistant to resistance.
As caregivers, we need to be more than problem solvers. We need to be portals to a larger possibility.