Caregiver
Burnout Risk Assessment

Understanding where you are is the first step to protecting yourself.

Burnout rarely arrives suddenly. It builds through signals that are easy to miss when you are already running low — physical, emotional, relational, and invisible. This assessment helps you see where the strain is highest across six dimensions of caregiver experience.

"This isn't about measuring how much you can handle. It's about seeing clearly what you are already carrying."

Select statements that reflect your real experience.

Choose items that happen often, feel demanding, or stay on your mind — even if they seem ordinary.

There are no right or wrong answers. The goal is simply to make what you are carrying visible.

Dimension 1 of 6 — Emotional exhaustion

The worry and mental pressure you manage

These responsibilities often happen in the background and may not be obvious to others.

Select items that happen often, feel heavy, or require ongoing attention.

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Constantly monitoring how they're doing, even when I'm not with them
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Anticipating what they'll need before they ask
Planning ahead, preparing for what's coming
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Absorbing their anxiety, grief, or fear -- holding their emotional distress alongside my own
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Managing my own guilt, grief, or helplessness about their situation
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Never fully switching off -- remaining on low-level alert even during rest
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Pretending everything is manageable to protect others from worry
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Grieving who they used to be while continuing to care for who they are now
Dimension 2 of 6 — Mental load

Coordination, organisation, and follow-through

Tasks that require planning, tracking, and communication -- often managed consistently in the background.

Even if these tasks seem ordinary, they still take real time, energy, and mental space.

Select items that happen often, feel heavy, or require ongoing attention.

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Scheduling and attending medical or professional appointments
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Managing medications -- ordering, organising, tracking, and reminding
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Handling financial, legal, or insurance paperwork and decisions
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Communicating updates and coordinating information across family members
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Tracking what has changed, what is coming up, and what needs following up
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Thinking ahead about future care decisions or possible decline
Planning for what may be needed next, even before it's certain
Dimension 3 of 6 — Physical depletion

Hands-on and day-to-day support

Physical or routine activities involved in helping your loved one function safely and comfortably.

Even if these tasks seem ordinary, they still take real time, energy, and mental space.

Select what applies to your situation -- not every item will be relevant, and that is okay.

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Helping with daily tasks -- meals, dressing, bathing, or personal hygiene
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Providing transportation to appointments, errands, or social activities
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Managing their home -- cleaning, cooking, shopping, or maintenance
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Providing supervision or regular check-ins to ensure their safety
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Assisting with technology -- phone, computer, television, or appliances
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Remaining available to respond quickly to unexpected needs or emergencies
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Providing physical assistance -- lifting, supporting movement, or helping with mobility
Dimension 4 of 6 — Social & relational strain

Communication, decisions, and relational responsibility

Managing expectations, updates, and family dynamics -- including situations where there is no one else to share the responsibility with.

Select items that happen often, feel heavy, or require ongoing attention.

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Being the sole caregiver -- no siblings or family available to share the responsibility
Holding everything alone, with no one to hand anything to
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Coordinating with siblings or other family members about care responsibilities
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Managing family conflict or differing opinions about care decisions
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Providing emotional support to other family members, in addition to the person being cared for
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Trying to keep everyone calm or cooperative, even when I'm exhausted myself
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Protecting the person I care for from family stress or difficult conversations
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Managing my own relationships while carrying caregiving responsibilities -- partner, children, or friends
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Deciding what information to share, with whom, and when -- regarding their health or situation
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Being the person others turn to for updates, reassurance, or decisions
Dimension 5 of 6 — Loss of self

Long-term responsibility and internal pressure

These are the parts of caregiving that often go unseen -- even by you. They reflect the long-term personal impact of sustained care.

Select anything that feels accurate, even if it is difficult to describe or feels hard to admit.

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Pretending everything is manageable -- at work, with friends, in everyday life
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Never giving myself permission to rest -- there is always something more that needs doing
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Losing track of my own health, needs, or life because something more urgent always comes first
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Carrying the weight of difficult decisions -- especially those involving their future care or safety
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Holding hope and fear at the same time -- for their wellbeing and for my own future
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Quietly setting aside the life I expected to have, without feeling able to say so
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Not knowing what enough looks like -- and feeling like I should always be doing more
Dimension 6 of 6 — System strain

Navigating systems that weren't built for caregivers

The structural and external pressures that sit outside your personal capacity — but still land on you.

Select items that reflect your real experience of the systems around you.

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Feeling like I am the one who keeps the overall care system functioning -- if I step back, things fall apart
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Holding the full plan in my head so nothing is missed -- the mental architecture others don't see
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Navigating healthcare, government, or benefits systems on their behalf
Systems that are complex, slow, or difficult to access
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Being the main contact point for all professionals involved in their care
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Researching care options, services, or available supports -- often finding that little exists
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Feeling like the system is not set up to support caregivers -- and that I am compensating for that gap alone

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"This isn't about how much you can handle. It's about seeing clearly what you are already carrying — so you can start to protect yourself."

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Your burnout risk results

Based on your responses across six dimensions of caregiver experience. Each dimension reflects a different area where strain tends to build — often quietly, and often before you notice.

"Take a breath. What you've just mapped is real, and it matters."
Your six dimension scores
Burnout doesn't arrive all at once. It builds through the dimensions where you scored highest. That's where early attention — even small changes — makes the most difference.
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