Dealing with Caregiver Guilt after a Loved One Dies
Caregiver Guilt After Death
I received an email from a woman last week whose husband had just died after a long illness with ALS. The disease was relentless in its progression, and in her words, “The last three years were brutal.”
Her husband lost the ability to speak, eat, or move without assistance. During the last year, someone from Hospice came in four days a week and stayed for about an hour. The rest of the time, she managed his needs on her own.
Although she had cared for him around the clock for six years, she was racked with guilt and obsessed by her memories of the times she had lost […]