When Caregiving Becomes Toxic: Part 1 | Caregiver Education

Caregiving is one of the greatest acts of love, but it should never come at the expense of your own health and well-being.

In this first session, Catherine McDermott, APRN, PMHNP-BC, discusses how caregiving can slowly shift from supportive to unhealthy.

She explores caregiver burnout, guilt, role reversal, boundary erosion, and the emotional challenges many caregivers experience but rarely talk about.

Most importantly, she shares practical strategies to help families create healthier caregiving relationships while protecting both the caregiver and their loved one.

Catherine McDermott, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and co-founder of Town Square University Parkway.

She specializes in dementia care, geriatric mental health, caregiver education, and behavioral health.

Catherine is passionate about helping families better understand disease progression while providing practical, evidence-based tools that improve quality of life for both caregivers and those they care for.