Tag: Compassion Fatigue
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What is Caregiver Burnout?
Burnout can happen to anyone in relation to many different things. We can burnout from dealing with work stress, mental illness, school, or any other number of situations. A common type of burnout is called caregiver burnout. Caregiver burnout is when providing care for others such as, family members, partners, patients, becomes a source of…
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Burnout is on the Rise
This title might not be shocking to people and there is a reason for that. Over the past 10 years burnout rates have been increasing and are at all time highs with about 44 percent of workers reporting they feel burned out. Nearly 1 in 2 people feel burned out and yet it is a…
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What is Compassion Fatigue?
Compassion fatigue is a condition that affects those whose roles involve helping others. It can look similar to burnout and even accompany burnout. Despite this, the causes are different and the effects can be, too. Where burnout is a general sense of feeling fatigued or overwhelmed from too high of a workload, compassion fatigue is…
