The Three Most Common Questions Caregivers Ask About Guilt
Guilty feelings seem to be as natural to family caregiving as hard work and insurance forms. Even caregivers who have done everything right and nothing wrong are burdened with guilt. In this highly interactive webinar, psychologist Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D., coauthor of the recently published book, The AARP Caregiver Answer Book, will share three of the most common questions that caregivers ask about guilt and will provide some possible answers. Participants will be asked to share their thoughts as well.
Date October 21, 2025
Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation
Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD
Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, and a healthcare consultant. A former magazine journalist, he is the author of The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent (Guilford, 2006) and coauthor with his wife, Julia L. Mayer, PsyD, of AARP Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family (Hachette, 2016), AARP Love and Meaning After 50: The 10 Challenges to Great Relationships—and How to Overcome Them (Hachette, 2020), and The AARP Caregiver Answer Book (Guilford, 2025). He has also written a self-help column for caregivers for AARP.org since 2013. A board member of the Caregiver Action Network, a national family caregiver advocacy and support organization, and a former director of behavioral sciences for the Crozer Health Family Medicine Residency, he maintains a psychotherapy practice in Media, Pennsylvania, specializing in supporting individuals with chronic and serious illness and their caregivers. For seven years, he was the primary caregiver for his stepfather with Alzheimer’s disease and mother with vascular dementia.