Covid-19 Caretakers’ Fatigue: When Caretaking Crushes Family Members
By Chan Xin Ying
September 2022 FEATURE
AT THE PEAK of the health crisis, the news media were saturated with reports about medical professionals suffering from burnout and compassionate fatigue. The plight of family members of Covid-19 patients tasked to look after their infected loved ones remain outside the radar screen.Worn out from caretaking demands, financial worries and emotional exhaustion, such caretakers soon find themselves crumbling under tremendous physical and mental stress.When Covid-19 infections peaked in mid-2021, the health system experienced a breakdown, mainly in the form...
Chan Xin Ying
was previously the programme manager of the Family and Children Affairs Department in PWDC. Currently, she is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore and remains an advocate for family inclusiveness.
