Survey: Caregiving Takes Toll on Middle-Aged Women
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An independent poll has found that women age 35 to 54 are less happy than the rest of the population. Only 20 percent described themselves as "very happy" in contrast to 34 percent of other people surveyed.
Many of these women cited multiple caregiving roles as reason for stress or depression. Members of the so-called "sandwich generation," nearly 80 percent bear the responsibility of caring for elderly relatives in addition to their own children, resulting in exhaustion, irritability and other mental stressors. Read more: Fewer Middle-Aged Women Happy, Study Says SHARE:
Posted In: Stress & Coping | Tags: Caregiving | Middle Aged | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on November 15, 2006 at 04:25 AM | Permalink |
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