Try: Care recipients cr often face problems with self-esteem self esteem is an integral part of an individual individual’s mental makeup it is an image we have about ourselves how we feel how we react to our community and relationships in general self esteem is viewed as the basis of human psychology and each cr is quite aware of their own self esteem the same awareness of self esteem is present in the elderly though it may change with the changes in the lifestyle and a change in the roles as elderly crs become more and more dependent on others they begin to feel they are unimportant and that others also perceive them to be so as the caregiver for an older cr you may have to perform essential functions even though you are not raising the cr like a child this means that a caregiver will have to take care of crs physical health their finances their living arrangements and their self esteem and mental health as well information references familycaregiverhandbook org

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Categories: Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical

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Keywords: Self-esteem

*This information is listed as a Fact Sheet and is not explicitly medically licensed