Caring for Mom & Neglecting Yourself?
Caring for Mom & Neglecting Yourself?
Caring for Mom & Neglecting Yourself?
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18Conclusions• Negative physical and mental health effects of caregiving,both <strong>for</strong> caregivers just starting and continuing caregivers• Fleeting and some persistent, especially depressionPolicy / Cost Implications• Ignoring the negative health effects overstates the publicand private costs savings from in<strong>for</strong>mal care provided byadult children (JLoS, 2001; VH & Norton, 2004; 2008; CS,2005; BLL, 2007; Bonsang, 2009)• Net benefits of in<strong>for</strong>mal care to society moregenerally
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