Caregiving is an essential and very necessary aspect of the medical field. However, caregiving is also one of the most strenuous and stressful positions there is. Patients require constant supervision, precise care and an extremely high level of patience, tolerance and skill. Eventually, this type of care begins to take a physical, emotional, and financial toll on the caregiver. Due to the negative effects of this profession, the Caregiver Stress Theory was developed to help those who work in this difficult profession. Caregiver stress theory has been a significant breakthrough in reasoning as to why caregivers are so profoundly affected by this work. “Caregiver stress theory was derived from Roy's coping model to use as a basis for understanding relationships between caregivers and the stress faced when caring for a chronically ill relative” (Tsai, 2003). Caregiver stress theory is a middle-range theory used to predict the outcome of stress and other various side effects (Dobratz, 2011). These adverse effects are predicted by: demographic characteristics, caregiver burden, stressful life events, social support, and social roles. Furthermore, due to the multitude of different scenarios and backgrounds for both the patient and the healthcare provider, these categories are necessary to effectively compare and use the results. The theory makes four main hypotheses regarding adaptation: “environmental change; caregivers' perceptions will determine how they respond to environmental stimuli; caregivers' adaptation is a function of their environmental stimuli and level of adaptation, and finally caregivers' effectors are the result of chronic caregiving, such examples include marital satisfaction and self-... middle of paper. .. I'm as accurate as possible. Overall, the development of caregiver stress theory has been a great boon to the medical field and caregivers as a whole. References Bainbridge, D. Stress processes in caring for a family member at the end of life: application of an atheoretical model. Routledge, 13, 537-545. Retrieved May 25, 2014, from the Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) database. Dobratz, M. C. (2011). Toward the development of a middle-range theory of psychological adaptation in death and dying. Nursing Science Quarterly, 24(4), 370-376.Olshevski, J., & Katz, A. (2013). Reduced stress for caregivers. Routledge.ROY, ​​S.C. (2013). Synthesis of a middle-range coping theory. Generating Middle Range Theory: From Evidence to Practice, 211.Tsai, P. F. (2003). A middle-range theory of caregiver stress. Nursing Science Quarterly, 16(2),137-145.