<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/68b6e7c3-f7d8-4dfb-9479-aa15861d405a/010A3797-3FD0-43F3-8686-C9B2C592AC22/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/caring-for-a-spouse-and-missing-out" href="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/caring-for-a-spouse-and-missing-out" style="font-size: 11px;">www.caring.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/caring-for-a-spouse-and-missing-out">5 Reasons Stressed Spousal Caregivers Miss Out on Help </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/caring-for-a-spouse-and-missing-out"><P class="first">Stress and isolation are risks for all caregivers, but those who are <STRONG>caring for a spouse</STRONG> can be especially vulnerable. Factors unique to being a spousal caregiver raise the odds that someone in this situation will miss out on helpful resources –- and in turn raise his or her own risk for depression, disease, and even <A title="Memorial and Funeral Services" href="http://www.caring.com/funeral">death</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/caring-for-a-spouse-and-missing-out"><P>(Though research shows that risks vary by age, gender, and the spouse's condition, they exist whether the spouse is caring for a husband or wife with dementia, cancer, heart disease, stroke, or other illnesses and disabilities.) </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/caring-for-a-spouse-and-missing-out"><P>Obviously not everything about caring for a husband or wife who's ill is grim. But the grim parts can be as dangerous as they are often overlooked. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/010A3797-3FD0-43F3-8686-C9B2C592AC22/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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