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wife wouldn't say that rolled through every night. She would say it Whitney Houston remembers in the latest stress in America survey 55%. Of caregivers say they are overwhelmed. 60% say they lay awake at night.

with an older family member to doctors' visits could improve their care Johns Hopkins researchers analyzed a national survey of Medicare patients over age 65. Three quarters of the patients who had a companion during exams

know being alone all day in your own with no kind of social interaction is and how much how fast a person can deteriorate just from that alone.

the annals of the New York Academy of Sciences researchers checked the immune systems of 32 people who took care of alzheimer's patients. But the caregivers were given flu shots they developed a weaker immune response that -- caregivers. Even when they got a higher dose or booster shot. That means caregivers have a greater chance of getting infectious diseases like the flu. The same researchers also found people caring for a spouse or more likely to gain weight be obese. Putting them at risk for diabetes heart disease and other serious health problems . Researchers think caregivers physical woes are linked to psychological stress. So if you're caregiver and feeling overwhelmed. Consider joining a support group

given to meals the day. Had given him medication Begin treatment. Their blood sugar in cake and they didn't Palin. What will happen then.

And -- Boston College survey of a thousand working dad find being the bread winner takes a back seat to providing love and support to children.

Caring for spouse may mean adjusting to a new normal and all the challenges and demands can take their toll on a marriage. The potential pitfalls and caring for a spouse . Lies in the very relationship that these husband and wife have for each other. If the white. Husband relationship is good to begin -- and loving there's nothing better. Then being any so called support for the spouse . But if you don't have a good relationship and you find your spouse all of a sudden it felt and -- chronic. Terminal illness you're going to resent caring for your spouse and probably that's where you should happen outside caregiver. Many health professionals feel care -- should not fall squarely on the shoulders of the spouse . If the spouse has a chronic illness that's -- progressed pretty rapidly. It's wrong for me once Pacificare for the other spouse and not be the may not be the way for the husband. And give them -- preparers social marital support. Many case the best that you can often years spouse is to provide outside professional care bringing an agent. Who provide the care revenue to yourself if financial resources permit hiring outside

house. Can present some exceptionally difficult circumstances. And caring for a spouse is a very different relationship and caring for parent because you're caring for somebody. More of an equal. And it's a very very difficult and emotional that challenge for a spouse to see. The other spouse decline. If I think give them what changed the most I would be able to pinpoint it. I think it's a total change. This woman a clinical social worker was faced with a difficult decision of how to provide care for her 95 year old husband. It was a subject the two of them had already discussed.

got older and less able to take care of ourselves. So my spouse and I discussed whether we wanted to be an eight. -- you full care community. On -- willing to be at home.

job description. I think that there needs to be orientation. By the spouse . This is what you can expect this is what you can ask -- learn. From a caregiver.

her. Some focused and centered to with the experience of witnessing a spouse in decline. To be able to accept that and and the same time provide the necessary care whatever that cares involved.

very strong feelings that it would be very helpful to have a spouse support group another piece of advise silent -- would be. Don't sent home all the time. See your friends say your family.

Caring for spouse can be a rich and rewarding experience. But it is also a tremendous responsibility. And it is not something that a spell

you can experience. The process. Has a child care parent whereas a spouse to your spouse as opposed to being the caregiver.

from their chances that disability at the aids. Vigorous exercise such as brisk walking biking and hiking with most beneficial. Overweight but physically active seniors were much more likely to be able to you daily tasks -- drive themselves eat and -- different things than even