This is a comment off Alzheimers With love Facebook page . If you have facebook check her out. She is great.
Freda R wrote:
"60% of Alzheimer's caregivers are women.
Of those women, 68% report they have emotional stress from caregiving.
Nearly half of these 68% rate their stress as a "5" on a scale of "1" to "5."
57% of all caregivers, including 2/3 of the women, admit they fear getting
Alzheimer's.
4 in 10 caregivers say they had no choice about their new role.
I know....after taking care of my Alz. husband since 2006, I 'fear' very much of
getting Alzheimer's disease......."
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I saw Diane Sawyer interviewing Maria Shriver on the news last night on this very topic. They were saying that the stress for caregivers rates a 5 out of 5. It seems like everybody I know who has a parent with it worries that they, too, will get it. My brother said that he hopes it will skip a generation.
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The Good Morning America and Diane Sawyer segment this week.... has really made me do some heavy thinking about the stress of care giving......I do believe the #5..... I'm 5 1/2 right now.... Thanks Karen, and I hope you are taking care of yourself!
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Mom is good and I am go between a 3 and a 6 on the stress level. Thanks ladies for your comments.
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