How does caregiving affect the health of the caregiver?

There is an actual condition called Caregiver Syndrome. Dr. Jean Posner, a neuropsychiatrist in Baltimore, M.D. describes it as "a debilitating condition brought on by unrelieved, constant caring for a person with a chronic illness or dementia." There is a 63 percent higher chance of death for caregivers than non-caregivers.

According to the American Alzheimer's Foundation, 60 percent of family caregivers die before the person they are caring for. Caregivers have chronic conditions twice the rate of others and 91 percent suffer from depression.

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