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When family caregiving becomes unsustainable

My mom is dying and my dad is her primary caregiver but he won't accept help from me or my siblings and we're all watching him burn out while she gets sicker and none of us knows how to break through his need to handle everything alone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love expressed as self-sacrifice is creating more suffering for everyone, but the caregiver cannot see past their sense of duty to accept the gift of shared burden.

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