How do you balance caring for your ill or disabled family member with caring for yourself?

Use the following questions to obtain your data.

a. Can you tell me why and how you assumed responsibility for caregiving?

b. In what ways has your life changed since you became a caregiver for your parent, spouse, disabled child/adult, or mentally ill family member?

c. What do you find most challenging about the caregiving role?

d. What do you find rewarding about the caregiving role?

e. How do you balance caring for your ill or disabled family member with caring for yourself?

f. What advice would you give someone who is about to assume the caregiving role for a chronically ill or disabled family member?