“…6,7 The lived experience of caregiving for people who have non-musculoskeletal pain conditions has been previously reported, most notably in dementia, 8,9 cancer 8,10 and mental illness. 11 These have highlighted various lived experiences, each of which offer difference experiences dependent on the disease state of individuals. While these are recurrent themes such as constant burden, 8,10 knowledge 9,11 and role reversal, 11 there are also differences related to reward, worth and pleasure which have been associated with caregiving for people with terminal illness, 12,13 but also fear and concern regarding harm, associated with caregiving for people with cognitive impairment.…”