Roberta Satow – Caregiving Articles

Author: Roberta Satow

Roberta Satow is Chairperson of the Department of Sociology at Brooklyn College and a practicing psychotherapist in New York City. She has written numerous articles on sociological and psychoanalytic subjects that have appeared in numerous journals and magazines such as Partisan Review and Psychology Today. This article is an excerpt from her book: "Doing the Right Thing: Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Even if They Didn't Take Care of You" (Jeremy Tarcher Publishers, March 2005)

Setting Limits to Caregiving

By Roberta Satow

Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
Caregiver Issues
Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
Long Term Care
Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
Wellness

Setting limits is difficult for most people; it is a common problem in many areas of our life, not just caregiving. It is hard to say “no” or “enough” without feeling guilty.