Stress is a caregiver’s No. 1 enemy and prolonged stress can lead to the caregiving health risk of burn-out. In fact, caregivers are twice as likely as the general public to be diagnosed with a chronic illness due to prolonged stress of caregiving. And in the book, The Telomere Effect, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn writes that one year of chronic stress can take six years off your life.

August 15 is when we celebrate National Relaxation Day and is a great excuse for caregivers to get the break they need. Finding stress relief is not easy but essential.  Finding ways to find “Me Time” is what Caregiving Club is all about.

Read

Our CEO Sherri Snelling is a longtime advocate for finding balance to banish caregiver burn-out – here are some of her articles:

Sandwich Generation Juggling Act (originally published on Forbes.com)

Caregiver RX for Stress: 3 Steps to Me Time Monday (originally published on Huff Post)

Watch

Caregiving Club has produced the following Me Time Monday videos to help caregivers find time for themselves — all in support of the Caregiver Monday campaign.