Caregivers: Being a ‘care partner’ for someone is not a burden

Caregivers: Being a ‘care partner’ for someone is not a burden 
Parkinson's News Today, by Marisa Wexler, MS; 1/30/24
Focusing on 'burden' reduces care partner support to 'burden reduction.' ... “A singular focus on ‘caregiver burden’ and a lack of knowledge of care partners’ perceptions of [Parkinson’s] caregiving can limit care partner support to only burden reduction, which may not always be possible given the progressive nature of the disease,” wrote the scientists, who interviewed 16 caregivers to better understand their perspectives.