CONTACT: Pamela D. Wilson 303-810-1816
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Golden, Colorado – April 13, 2020
The Caring Generation® Spousal Caregivers and Resentment
Golden CO- Caregiving expert Pamela D. Wilson hosts The Caring Generation® radio program for caregivers and aging adults this coming Wednesday, April 15th, on the Bold Brave Media Network. The program airs live at 9 p.m. EST. The Caring Generation® aired initially from 2009 to 2011 on 630 KHOW-AM in Denver, Colorado.
Spousal Caregivers and Caregiver Resentment
On Wednesday evening, April 15th, Pamela D. Wilson talks about the elephant in the room, spousal caregiving, and feelings of caregiver resentment. Being a partner or married to a person with a chronic illness or physical disability and being a caregiver can result in feelings of isolation, loneliness, and depression.
Elderly parents are supposed to be strong and set an example for adult children. The marital relationship before the illness is tested when the sick spouse becomes reliant on the healthy spouse for daily care. Spouse caregivers feel like a rug is pulled from under their feet because life permanently changes. Remembering what life was like prior to becoming a caregiver can result in resentment.
When spousal care situations become burdensome, spouse caregivers consider placing the sick spouse in a care community. Many times this care community is a nursing home because of the extent of hands-on and medical care needed by the sick spouse.
How Can We Improve Care for Nursing Home Residents
The guest for this program is Dr. Yuting Song, a postdoctoral fellow at the Translating Research In Elder Care research program in the Faculty of Nursing at Alberta, Canada. She holds a Ph.D. in nursing from Duke University and a Bachelor's degree in nursing from Shandong University in China. The focus of her research is improving the quality of care for residents in nursing homes and the quality of work-life for nursing home care staff.
Spousal caregivers feel guilty about placing a husband or wife in a nursing home. While caregivers may be able to sleep and be more in control of their day when the sick spouse is in a nursing home, many spouses visit daily and experience feelings of guilt. Care oversight remains an integral part of life for spousal caregivers because care staff in nursing homes are stretched to serve a large number of patients.
A Large Percentage of Spousal Caregivers Feel Unprepared for the Role of Caregiver
The stress of being a spouse caregiver includes feeling unprepared for the role of being a caregiver. Providing direct hands-on care and nursing type care is stressful when uncertainty exists. The change in the marital relationship may progress to a point where the sick caregiver no longer recognizes a husband or wife. The stress of being always available and mourning life before becoming a caregiver is significant. Feeling unprepared for the role of the caregiver results in depression, isolation, and loneliness.
Wilson shares the experiences of spousal caregivers during this caregiving radio show. She offers solutions for spousal caregivers to reduce resentment and reestablish normalcy in daily life. Women more than men believe that they have to do it all and are less likely to seek help or support from family or traditional family caregiver support programs.
Family Caregiver Support Programs
Pamela D. Wilson offers family caregiver support programs online and in person. She creates caregiving keynote addresses and digital caregiving programs for corporations interested in supporting working caregivers of elderly parents. Wilson offers content and education for corporations in the industries of healthcare, financial planning, law, and education.
Join Pamela on The Caring Generation® radio program for caregivers, and aging adults live at 6 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Mountain, 8 p.m. Central, and 9 p.m. Eastern every Wednesday night. Replays of the weekly programs are available in podcast format with transcripts on Pamela's website and all major podcast sites. More information about Pamela and her family caregiver support programs, and Caring for Aging Parents blog, are available on her website.
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The podcast replays are great to share with family, friends, social groups, and the workplace. Listening to the Caring Generation podcasts are a great alternative for weekly book clubs. The Podcast replays are also an educational activity used at senior
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CG, CSA is a national caregiving expert, advocate and speaker. More than 20 years of experience as a direct service provider in the roles of a court-appointed guardian, power of attorney, and care manager led to programs supporting family caregivers and aging adults who want to be proactive about health, well-being, and caregiving. Wilson provides education and support for consumers and corporations interested in supporting employees who are working caregivers. To carry out her mission, Wilson partners with companies passionate about connecting with the caregiving marketing through digital and content marketing. Her mission to reach caregivers worldwide is accomplished through social media channels of Facebook, YouTube, Linked In, Instagram, Caregiving TV on Roku, and The Caring Generation® radio on Internet radio. She may be reached at 303-810-1816 or through her website.