2/ They had no choice. "Nobody wants to kill grandma. If any of us get the virus, she will probably get it," Choate said.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
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1/ On this #WorldMentalHealthDay, a look at how COVID is a mental health crisis in the making for family caregivers —
Jyl Choate, 51, is responsible for her 87-year-old mother. When COVID-19 emerged, Choate's family entered into strict lockdown.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
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3/ Choate's whole life revolves around her mother: 14 hours a day, seven days a week. Even before COVID, she stopped working to stay on top of her mother's needs. Now, the pandemic has strained her family's finances. Choate is more stressed than ever.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
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4/ Choate is not alone. Almost 42 million Americans serve as caregivers for relatives 50 or over. The majority of the people doing this unpaid, labor-intensive work are women, and, on average, they are just shy of 50 themselves.https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
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5/ "Caregiving is hard to start with. But given isolation, [and the] inability to access services [because of quarantine], it's made it even more difficult," said one researcher. "It's gone from a tough situation to even worse."https://bit.ly/30RiDfZ
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6/ Already, people who are caring for others appear less likely to attend to their own health. And now, emerging research shows psychological consequences, too. According to one August report, two-thirds of unpaid caregivers for adults had at least one mental health condition.
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7/ Current data tracking mental health among caregivers doesn't account for race.
But systemic factors in terms of whom COVID most affects means Black and Latinx people in many ways face a heavier burden.
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8/8 Experts say the psychological and financial burdens on caregivers spotlights shortcomings in the nation's family caregiver infrastructure. For now, caregivers continue to navigate this moment on their own. A must-read from
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This is the same for parents of disabled children. The children get bigger and harder to lift, dress and bathe as the parents get older and it’s exhausting and hard on families. Everyone talks about caring for the elderly because it occurs more often but both are difficult.
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