• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS
The Caregiver Space
  • About
  • Library
    • Our Library
    • Get Published
  • Community
    • Facebook Groups
    • Join a Group Chat
    • Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Contact
Select Page
Familism is Making our Latinx Caregivers Sick

Familism is Making our Latinx Caregivers Sick

by Guest Author | Jan 30, 2020 | Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation | 3 comments

The tradition of keeping everything in the family is an amiable labor of love, but it is making our Spanish speaking caregivers In America ill. Familism is affecting our Latinx caregiver’s mental and physical health negatively. “ Familism refers to the value of the...

Top Posts

  • Programs that actually pay family caregivers for their dedication
    Programs that actually pay family caregivers for their dedication
  • Three lessons from a simple story
    Three lessons from a simple story
  • Why dying at home is not all it’s cracked up to be
    Why dying at home is not all it’s cracked up to be
  • The Rewards of Being a Family Caregiver
    The Rewards of Being a Family Caregiver
  • A hospital offered a payment plan for baby's NICU stay — $45,843 a month for a year
    A hospital offered a payment plan for baby's NICU stay — $45,843 a month for a year

Recent Comments

  • Matthew J Pieffer on What if There’s No Such Thing as Closure?
  • Jeremy on Living with My Mother’s Mental Illness
  • barbward on Finding space for sex and pleasure in a caregiver’s life
  • barbward on Asking For Help
  • Arvid Blook on Is caregiving an act of love or obligation?
caregiver space amazon smile

Communities

  • All caregivers
  • Young caregivers (<35)
  • Young spousal caregivers
  • Spousal caregivers
  • Eldercare
  • Caregiving parents
  • LGBTQIAP+ caregivers
  • Caregiving daughters
  • Caregiving sons
  • Mental health
  • Long-term caregivers
  • After caregiving
  • After caregiving: transitions




  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Designed by Cori Carl | Hosted by Siteground | © The Caregiver Space