Oct 16 2025HEALTH
The Hidden Struggle: How Caregivers' Brains React to Tough Tasks
Caregivers in long-term care homes often face overwhelming demands. Their jobs are tough, with residents who have complex needs and organizations that expect a lot. To understand how this affects them, researchers studied 28 caregivers from six homes in New Brunswick, Canada. They used special tools to measure heart rate variability (HRV) and pupil dilation, which sh...
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