Family caregiver burden: An overlooked phenomenon

It’s OK to ask for help.”Q&AHere’s a Q&A with Gretchen Halstead, service excellence officer at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, about caregiver services they offer. “People generally start care-giving by taking their mom or dad or spouse or neighbor to a medical appointment and, over time, as that person’s health deteriorates, they are taking on more and more responsibilities such as administering injections, tube feeding, wound care, helping with dressing and bathing, along with managing finances with little support,” Accius said. A “majority of these people are also working, and they have to juggle work and care-giving responsibilities. It is a very stressful situation because they are caring for someone they love.”
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