Boomers Neglecting Self-Care as Caregiver Duties Mount
Baby boomers are suffering from feelings of depression, anxiety or anger.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information has revealed that there are over two million untrained caregivers across Canada.
The recent survey has revealed that babyboomers who are responsible for the welfare of an older adult found that one in six of these caregivers said that they suffered from feelings of depression, anxiety or anger because of their duties, and were three times as frustrated when the senior had Alzheimer's disease or another chronic, mental illness according to Canada.com.
The findings also showed that many caregivers sacrifice their own well-being to attend to the older adult.
"An area of caregiving that is frequently overlooked is self-care for caregivers themselves," education coordinator for the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia, Jane Hope, told the news provider.
Caregiving appears to be a boomer trend, as a report released by the First Lady of California Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer's Association found that 11.2 million Americans are taking care of patients with Alzheimer's.
The Shriver Report predicts that, by 2050, there may be as many as 16 million patients with dementia in need of care, and policies and services need to be in place in order for countries to strategically plan for aging baby boomers.
