Sentence examples for brunt of caring from inspiring English sources

Media discussion of the crisis in social care focuses on the effects on older people and their families, who bear the brunt of caring when public services let them down.

Bob's decision to decline a promotion and relocation in order not to disrupt Christopher's support network only further burnished Bob's star in the minds of the women who bore the brunt of caring for their children.

The HIV epidemic has taken a particularly large toll in rural communities that have limited access to prevention and treatment and that are often bearing the brunt of caring for people living with HIV/AIDS who move back to their villages from an urban residence.

He said it was "ridiculous" that volunteers working for his charity were bearing the brunt of care in the worst-affected countries.

It is we who tend to bear the brunt of the responsibilities of caring for children or elderly relatives.

Family members, often a spouse, son or daughter, bear the brunt of the rising costs of caring for Alzheimer's patients, said Dr. Small, who is also director of U.C.L.A.'s Center on Aging.

"We know that communities have been on the front line of caring for children who have lost parents and felt the harsh brunt of the AIDS pandemic.

"It is true to say that women have borne the brunt of the caring responsibilities, but it is not right to say that we will never achieve a 50-50 ratio simply because that has been the case historically.

In fact, children have born much of the brunt of this disaster, caring for siblings and parents, scrounging for food and missing out on school.

Support for working mothers — who still bear the brunt of child care — is especially inadequate, Galinsky said.

Kleven and his colleagues posit that by bearing the brunt of child care, women tend to make more sacrifices in their careers than their male partners to maintain a flexible work life.