Often they believe they are too busy, too stressed, too upset, too angry, or too depressed to deal with all that sort of thing. Anyone who asks them for more than they feel they can do is likely to get verbally abused or made to feel horrible for even considering burdening them with such a request. Therefore, the Caretaker takes on more and more responsibility and family obligations because the BP/NP just won’t do them, and it is way too much work to even ask the BP/NP to do his or her share.
