{"id":3871,"date":"2019-12-18T21:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2019-12-18T21:54:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:54:44","slug":"the-invisible-emotional-burden-of-caring-for-a-sick-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/the-invisible-emotional-burden-of-caring-for-a-sick-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invisible Emotional Burden of Caring for a Sick Pet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Roni Jacobson<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Earlier this year, kindergarten teacher Jessica Wiles, 35, found herself faced with a choice: her boyfriend or her dog, Mia. The problem had been brewing for some time: Two years into Wiles\u2019s relationship, Mia was diagnosed with Cushing syndrome, an endocrine disorder that can cause lethargy, weakness, and frequent infections. Wiles began staying home more often to take care of her; as time wore on, she says, her boyfriend became frustrated, accusing her of neglecting him to be with her dog. This past June, he reached a breaking point: \u201cHe actually ended the relationship because he said the dog took precedence over him,\u201d Wiles says. \u201cHe didn\u2019t understand that it\u2019s not just a piece of property. They are living, breathing things.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

When Wiles told other people about her situation, she says, she was often met with bafflement and scorn rather than sympathy, and questions about why she didn\u2019t just put Mia down. But Cushing, while chronic, is manageable. \u201cI have a problem deciding to kill my dog just because of health issues. I don\u2019t understand the mind-set of, \u2018She\u2019s got a health problem, we\u2019re going to put her down,\u2019\u201d Wiles says. \u201cIf the dog was suffering, it would be one thing, but she is still interested in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no question, though, that caring for her has made Wiles\u2019s own life more difficult \u2014 emotionally, socially, financially. It\u2019s well known that people caring for ill relatives can suffer from caregiver burden, negatively impacting the health and well-being of the caregiver, but the toll of taking care of a sick pet is often minimized or overlooked. According to a new\u00a0study<\/a>, that\u2019s a mistake.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wouldn\u2019t equate pet caregiving with human, and certainly don\u2019t want to minimize what family caregivers go through,\u201d said lead author Mary Beth Spitznagel, a clinical neuropsychologist at Kent State University, but \u201cwe are seeing similar patterns in terms of a greater level of burden<\/a>, higher level of stress, depressive symptoms, and a lower quality of life.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Spitznagel, who had previously worked with caregivers of relatives with dementia, says she got the idea for the study while caring for her dog Allo, who had recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer. \u201cIt was a daily challenge trying to fix the problems that sprang up.
\nAnd that was kind of when I realized the similarity,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen we see a burdened caregiver, oftentimes the burden is kind of the constant problem solving, because new problems are always emerging when you are caring for someone who is sick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compared to participants with healthy pets, study subjects caring for chronic or terminally ill animals scored higher on scales of depression, anxiety and lower on well-being, and a psychometric test called the Zarit Burden Interview used to measure burden in human caregivers (the study authors adapted the test by replacing the word \u201crelative\u201d with \u201cpet\u201d). In itself, the finding that people with sick pets feel more of a burden isn\u2019t surprising \u2014 but the intensity of that burden was. \u201cIt\u2019s meeting this threshold for what we would consider to be concerning if someone were in a human caregiving relationship,\u201d Spitznagel says.<\/p>\n

In humans, a score of 20 or higher on the Zarit \u2014\u00a0which contains items related to feeling strained about your pet, having your social life suffer, and financial stress \u2014 indicates \u201csignificant burden.\u201d Caregivers of sick pets scored 25.42 on average, compared to 13.96 for owners of healthy pets.<\/p>\n

A few caveats: Participants in the current study were almost exclusively educated, wealthy, white women, with an average age of 48. The skewed sampling is likely a limitation \u2014 but \u201cat the same time, this might be exactly who the population is,\u201d Spitznagel says. After all, caregiving in humans typically falls to women, and veterinary care, which typically comes out of pocket, is unaffordable to many. Beyond replicating the results in a more diverse group, Spitznahel adds, the next step in her research would be to investigate the \u201cramifications of burden and the impact on the pet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pet owners go into more detail, describing serious negative impacts to their finances, mental and physical health, social and employment status, and relationships. Wiles, who works two side jobs to help pay for vet treatments, says she has become physically ill from the stress of caring for Mia, compounded by the fact that she now helps her mother care for her grandmother as well.<\/p>\n

Emotionally, caring for Mia and caring for her grandmother didn\u2019t feel very different, Wiles says. \u201cThe biggest difference is with my grandma there was someone to relieve me,\u201d Wiles said. \u201cOther family members would come and help, but when it\u2019s a dog people aren\u2019t willing to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt really trapped, \u201d said Petra Lee, 40, who at one point last year was caring for blind dog, a dog with allergies, an epileptic dog, and a cat with cancer. \u201cI\u2019ve lost a lot of sleep. There was a point where I was really stressed out just having to function with all this and I was having to take a lot of time off of work. I had a hard time making food for myself.\u201d Lee\u2019s caregiving also caused fights with her ex-girlfriend, she says, although overall her ex was very helpful.<\/p>\n

But \u201cthe biggest thing for me,\u201d Lee says, \u201cis financial.\u201d She felt a lot of guilt last year when she had to balance caring for her cat against her other animals, and also encountered a lot of people who question her choices. \u201cI think I have a lot of privilege, I can afford it,\u201d Lee explains. \u201cI don\u2019t make a lot of money, but I have pretty good salary. And I don\u2019t have children and my dogs are my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have our good days, our bad days, and our horrible days,\u201d says Ana Sakuta, 37, whose dog, Roxy, became paralyzed a few years ago. Surgery fixed the problem \u2014 Roxy recovered and things went back to normal for a while.\u00a0But soon, new issues emerged: Roxy stopped eating, became lethargic, and wouldn\u2019t take her medicine.<\/p>\n

At that point, Sakuta, who has been the main caregiver for the dogs, brought up euthanasia to her husband, which caused a fight \u2014 an added stressor she didn\u2019t need. \u201cIt\u2019s really rough. I\u2019m crying, calling the vet all the time,\u201d Sakuta says. \u201cYou try to talk to somebody about it and they don\u2019t understand.\u201d Sakuta has asked others in her family for help looking after Roxy, she says, but people tell her they don\u2019t feel comfortable watching the dog due to the amount of work involved.<\/p>\n

Although Spitznagel\u2019s is the first study to formally document pet caregiver burden, veterinary social workers have long been aware of the issue.\u00a0Susan Cohen<\/a>, a support group facilitator at the ASPCA, estimates she has counseled thousands of pet owners over the years.
\nThe most common issues she hears are \u201cconstant vigilance, isolation, and guilt,\u201d she says, and the never-ending problem solving also take a toll: \u201cThey\u2019re trying to decide all the time whether the pet is getting worse or getting better, and they often don\u2019t have anyone to talk to about it,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so pleased that that study was done,\u201d Cohen adds, noting that she\u2019s tried to get vets to recognize caregiver burden and set up systems to address it. A few large veterinary practices have counselors on staff and offer support groups, but the practice isn\u2019t widespread, and she often gets pushback about the lack of research.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Cohen works with pet owners to ease the decision-making load as much as possible, helping them establish boundaries and a treatment plan early on. Most people say that they will care for their pet so long as they have the means. \u201cI want to figure out what their limits are,\u201d Cohen says, which often involves naming a dollar amount or cap. Whether it\u2019s money or quality of life, it\u2019s helpful for pet owners to be able to answer one simple, and painful, question: \u201cWhat are you trading it for?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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