Coping with Caregiver Anger
Coping with Caregiver Anger & the 3 F’s of Flipping Out
If you are caring for someone who is aging, disabled, or living with a cognitive disorder, you already know that caregiver anger is part of the journey. You are well aware that the physical aspect of caregiving is demanding, dreary, and sometimes downright disgusting. As difficult as that is, though, it doesn’t even begin to compare to the emotional stress of caring for someone who can no longer take care of him/herself.
It may help to know that anger is a normal and predictable response to situations over which we have little or no control. As a caregiver, the number of situations over which you have no control are practically limitless—starting with the progression of […]