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Caregiving and maintaining your friendships

By Kimberley Fowler, a contributing writer for A Place for Mom

Providing care for a parent or senior loved one can be all-consuming. The average family caregiver spends 24.4 hours per week providing care for loved ones and “nearly 1 in 4 caregivers spend 41 hours or more per week providing care,” according to the Family Caregiver Alliance. With all of this time spent tending to the needs of others, how do caregivers possibly carve out the critically important time for themselves that is necessary for them to remain happy and healthy?

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