Family caregivers manage the stress of taking care of others and themselves

Many Generation X'ers might be feeling the pressure of being caught between caring for their children and their aging parents during the pandemic.

FULL REOPENING━ SOME FAMILYCAREGIVERS MIGHT HAVE CONCERABOUT TRANSMITTING THE VIRUSTO ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

ASPART OF OUR REBOUND MARYLANDSERIES━ WMAR 2 NEWS' MARKROPER EXPLAINS HOW CAREGIVERSCAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVEAND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERúMANY MOTHERS AND FATHERS━ ORSONS AND DAUGHTERS FINDTHEMSELVES WITH ANOTHERPOSITION IN THE FAMILY ASCAREGIVER━ SINCE THEPANDEMIC FORCED PEOPLE TOSHELTER IN PLACE.

There's lotsof people that used to have athome care coming in, andpeople might feel heightenedor worried about bringing themin, so it might add extraduties on the family membersthat may overtake that CARECOACH MAURA HORTON TOOK ON THEROLE OF CAREGIVER AFTER HERLATE HUSBAND━ BOSTON COLLEGEAND NORTH CAROLINA STATEFOOTBALL COACH DON HORTON━WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'SDISEASE IN 2006.

SHERECOGNIZES THOSE EXTRA DUTIECAN COME WITH A LOT OF EXTRSTRESS.

One of the biggestconcerns is not only physicalhealth, but mental health (06)for whomever they're carryingfor, and so it's extra stressand extra creativity that isneeded to help manifestthrough this time SO WHOTHERE TO TAKE CARE OF THECAREGIVERS WHEN THEY NEEDHELP?

Sometimes nobody, so thecaregivers have to take abreath and take a few momentsfor themselves and stop andtry to take care ofthemselves, at all times too,to make sure that they aredoing the best they can forthemselves (55) and not onlyfor whomever they're takingcare of WITH STA━A━HOORDERS BEING LIFTED ACROSS THESTATE━ SOME CAREGIVERS MAYHAVE CONCERNS ABOUTTRANSMITTING COVI━19 AS THVISIT THEIR LOVED ONE.

HORTONRECOMMENDS RELYING OTECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATE AS MANYACTIVITIES AS POSSIBLE IN ANDAROUND THE HOME.

MAKING IT ASMART HOME WITH A GOOGLE NESTOR AMAZON ALEXA HUB.

YOU CANUSE THE HUB TO HELP ELIMINATECOMMON TOUCH POINTS BYAUTOMATING TURNING ON OR OFFTHE LIGHTS AND USE CONTAC━FREE FOOD DELIVERY SERVICESFOR GROCERIES.

I think no onewants to bring harm to anyoneat this time, but the moreautomation we can bring toolder people's lives thebetter it will be for them,not only for now but in thelong run AND THERE ARE A FTHINGS FAMILY MEMBERS CAN DOTOGETHER WHICH ALSO COULD HELPCAREGIVERS MANAGE THE PRESSUREOF THE PANDEMIC.

Try not to beconsumed by what's happeningright now, and try to becreative and curious and learnmore about their lives, orthings that happened to themthat might be reallyinteresting facts that we canhave moments of respite (2:15)even on our mental health MARKROPER━ WMAR 2 NEWS.TIME AND TIME AGAI