From burnout to feeling misunderstood, the Utahns who care for loved ones are struggling. Here’s where they can get help.

A recent survey found as people provide more hours of care for a loved one, they’re more likely to delay their own health care and experience financial and mental stress as they struggle to balance caregiving, family life, work and self care.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Barbara Cameron, left, who has been a caregiver for her mother and mother-in-law, and has some concerns about her husband Robert, expresses her desire to stay active and learn more about Alzheimer’s as they attend the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America education tour in West Valley City on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

From burnout to feeling misunderstood, the Utahns who care for loved ones are struggling. Here’s where they can get help.

A recent survey found as people provide more hours of care for a loved one, they’re more likely to delay their own health care and experience financial and mental stress as they struggle to balance caregiving, family life, work and self care.

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