Caregiver burden, also called caregiver burnout, refers to the sum of physical, emotional, social and financial difficulties experienced by unpaid caregivers providing care for a family member or a friend.
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Source Caregiver burden (Wikipedia)
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2. Caregiver burden (Wikipedia)
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Caregiver burden, also called caregiver burnout, refers to the sum of physical, emotional, social, and financial difficulties experienced by unpaid caregivers due to providing care for a family member or a friend.
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In the 1960s, Grad and Sainsbury (1963) first defined the burden of caregiving as any cost to the family.
In Branch: Health Psychology, Lead sentence
Caregiver burden, also called caregiver burnout, refers to the sum of physical, emotional, social, and financial difficulties experienced by unpaid caregivers due to providing care for a family member or a friend.
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