About TreeBREAD.com
This is a charity content-sharing online service sponsored by WOOFAA.com promoting the ideas & realities of using assistive technology to reduce work loads and stress on health caregivers.
Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty!
— Alexander PopeCaregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion. It may be accompanied by a change in attitude, from positive and caring to negative and unconcerned. Burnout can occur when caregivers don’t get the help they need, or if they try to do more than they are able, physically or financially
WOOFAA believes that a simple electronic system of on-going measure of and easy-to-access indoor environment data will help caregivers to judge and make sensible decisiosn much more easier, and thus reducing burnt out from them where technology can help.
Size of the Problem
According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP Public Policy Institute, an estimated 53 million American adults were unpaid caregivers in 2020. About 89 percent were caregivers for someone related to them, and about half of these cared for a parent.
How Bad is the Problem
Caregiver burnout is very common. In the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP Public Policy Institute survey, 40 percent of caregivers felt emotionally stressed, almost 20 percent said it caused financial problems, and about 20 percent felt physically strained.
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