Ms. Hunt says some families experience what she calls “caregiver burnout.” She says the condition can affect a person in many ways. “Caregiver burnout specifically would refer to a caregiver having been under such stress – perhaps financial, perhaps physical, certainly emotional stress -- that he or she cannot continue doing the care-giving anymore. They're just exhausted. They are what we would call 'burned out'. Americans say they1 need several things to reduce the stress of caring for aging or disabled family members,