Assessing caregiver burnout for hospice, palliative patients
05/03/24 at 03:00 AM
Assessing caregiver burnout for hospice, palliative patients
Hospice News, by Jim Parker; 4/30/24
Burnout is a state of complete mental, physical and emotional exhaustion. Symptoms of burnout can include depression, compassion fatigue, stress and anxiety, and apathy, both in general life and towards work tasks, according to the Mayo Clinic. To help address these issues — and to help ensure that caregiving remained sustainable — a team of researchers from the Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the University of Pittsburgh launched a project to improve assessment of caregiver burnout.