Posted July 6, 2009 6:09 PM
When I began caring for my elderly parents (both with early Alzheimer's, not properly diagnosed), I was shocked to read that family caregivers are often more depressed than those they care for. (And caregivers with a chronic illness have a 63 percent higher death rate than their peers of the same age.) A year into my caregiving duties, without a day off from my "challenging" elderly
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