 Many disagreements centre on caregivers’ identity, particularly their overprotectiveness, embarrassment, independence, and confidence

These disagreements and misunderstandings, it has been argued, stem in part from caregivers concealing the demands of care.Caregivers often conceal the demands of care in order to make the person receiving care feel more independent.But, this can result in the person receiving care feeling more independent than they are, and subsequently a range of misunderstandings.