As a caregiver PWD don't ask for much but at times it can drain the caregiver if he or she does not get regular timeout to recharge. This means having someone take in their place in supporting the PWD during the period when the caregiver is recharging.
For me yes. There are times I feel am a burden to my parents especially when either of them forego attending events or travelling to take care of me more so in cooking. I feel like am tying them or limiting them, even though they'll never admit it. Secondly, if the caretaker is your parent or someone older than you, there are conversations you can't have or do somethings, unlike if the caretaker was a close friend or if lucky, a girlfriend 🤣🤣🤣. I for one can't watch an action movie or blast the house with music when parents are around. So yes, there are times you feel you are too much to your caregiver.
I'd say yes, cause when it comes to the bills of taking care of me, the medication, hospitalization and assistive devices, it amounts to much. I've also felt that when it comes to asking them to help me do things which I can't ie in places where I need to take a bath with a bucket, I'll need help getting the bucket to the bathroom. And since I walk on crutches, they don't ask much of me so no house chores that I do unless it's me who feels like "Yeah I can do this please let me do it."
Definitely Yes, especially when it comes to moving from one place to another the caregivers cancels his /her meeting sacrifice time to accompany you to your place of social gathering. At home aiding your laundry feels its more of personal obligation yet its challenging to do it.