caregiver decision fatigue Archives - Aging, caregiving and the journey through the second half of life

Modified Caregiver Strain Index

August 21, 2017

The Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) is a self-administered 13-question, screening tool that measures the “strain” associated with caregiving. It contains at least one item regarding financial, psychological, social and personal topics. This tool can be used to assess individuals…

Why Do We Teach CPR, But Not Caregiving?

February 19, 2017

Indeed, why don’t we? This article by Dr. Richard Lindsey discusses how he enlisted help from Virginia’s college and university students to invent an app or product to improve the health of caregivers…This is the kind of intergenerational creativity we…

Exhausted Caregivers

December 14, 2015

Back in July of this year, I posted an article about exhausted caregivers due to decision fatigue. A reader asked me compress the article into a mind map. Here is the PDF version Here is the original article…

Caregiver Decision Fatigue

July 1, 2015

Caring for aging parents brings with it a new kind of exhaustion called decision fatigue. While its cause has a number of contributing factors, two in particular stand out as primary sources: • Sustained engagement with dilemmas • Decision volatility…