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Early Adult Caregivers: Characteristics, Challenges, and Intervention Approaches

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I am 36 years old, married, with a 7-year-old girl. We live on a farm with my mother, who is 81. She has chronic leukemia, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, etc. She is currently recovering from pneumonia, which has left her very weak and in need of bladder catherization several times a day. My husband and daughter are very supportive, but my older brother and his family think that all they need to contribute is her supper a few nights a week. . . Now, I worry that if she should become beyond my ability to care for, she might end up in a rest home (Patricia, posted to http://www.caps4caregivers.org/ ).

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Given, C.W., Given, B.A., Sherwood, P., DeVoss, D. (2013). Early Adult Caregivers: Characteristics, Challenges, and Intervention Approaches. In: Talley, R., Montgomery, R. (eds) Caregiving Across the Lifespan. Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5553-0_6

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