Interesting post, @muradangie Just from my personal experiences, I note one glaring omission in this.

More often than not, caregiving is thrust upon a person with little or no warning. It's unforeseen, sudden, and immediately an all-in proposition. It is often unplanned for and has far fewer knowns than unknowns for the caregiver, and equally for the patient. Caregivers are often not given the luxury to "take time to plan".

I point this out because I have seen, over and over, caregivers becoming filled with doubt and guilt when they read 'guidelines' like these, which are far removed from their caregiving realities, and which they cannot achieve. I wonder if the author of these had spoken to caregivers more because the author would have realized every caregiver experiences every one of their "red flags" darn near every day. I know I did...

Just my two cents plain..,
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