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Caregiving is one of the most challenging jobs in the world.  The demands are enormous and often the rewards may seem few and far between.  There are a wealth of articles addressing how caregivers need to find ways to care for themselves as well as their loved ones.  There are many articles that touch on help to address specific behavioral challenges that one faces in caregiving.  This particular post looks at the very fine line that caregivers walk.  It peeks behind the curtain of controlling behaviors and offers some assistance to those struggling to offer care without accepting a role of one being abused by controlling behaviors.

What are the motivations behind controlling behaviors?  What is the pattern of their existence?  What can a caregiver do to provide appropriate care, while providing self care as well?

Sometimes, however, if the caregiver gets brave enough to decide what is just bad temper they can live with and what is abuse and then can set boundaries and stick to them, the situation can be made more bearable. There is something else to consider. If the controlling, abusive behavior is not deeply entrenched in the family, the caregiver may be helped to understand the situation by understanding that much controlling behavior by their elders is fear driven. 

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No matter what the motivation or the pattern of controlling behaviors, every caregiver needs and DESERVES to set boundaries as to how much negative behavior they will tolerate.