Why the Sandwich Generation Always Burns Out First
Caring for an aging parent comes with a task list anyone can see: appointments, medications, finances. So when an adult child burns out, the advice is almost always the same — get more organized, build better systems, find more help. But a recent study found something that flips that advice on its head. The strongest predictor of caregiver burnout wasn't the number of hours spent caregiving. It was the quality of the relationship with the parent being cared for.
That's the invisible load. Not the scheduling — the relationship. The lifetime of history that doesn't disappear just because…
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