App helps families looking after seniors avoid 'caregiver burnout'

Many B.C. seniors are opting to have their adult children look after them at home.
Yet those children are finding the task of taking care of ailing parents much more stressful than anticipated and it is causing a high number to experience what health experts call “caregiver burnout.”
In fact, B.C.’s rate of caregiver distress (30 per cent) remains the second highest rate in Canada, according to a report by B.C.’s senior advocate.
A local health sciences researcher is hopi