The Invisible Load Working Women Carry — And a Smarter Way Forward

In almost every conversation I’ve had while building CareCircle, one truth keeps resurfacing:
Working women between 30–45 are becoming the primary caregivers for mental health conditions at home — often without support, structure, or recognition.

A recent Lancet study highlights that caregivers of people with severe mental illness experience 1.5–2x higher burnout and productivity loss. Yet most still show up to work, hold families together, manage medical crises, and keep life moving.

It’s heroic — but it shouldn’t be this hard.

The problem?
India’s current mental health apps focus on self-help, not on the care coordination that real-life caregivers actually need.

That’s why we built something fundamentally different in CareCircle — a patient-context AI caregiver assistant.

This isn’t just another chatbot. It is a structured AI system that:

• Remembers the patient’s history, symptoms, medications, and routines

• Tracks patterns across days/weeks

• Helps you prepare for doctor appointments with organized logs

• Surfaces early warning signs before they escalate

• Cuts down the daily decision fatigue caregivers face

For caregivers juggling work deadlines with unpredictable caregiving tasks, this feature becomes a productivity multiplier.

It reduces cognitive load, minimizes crisis-driven days, and creates a sense of stability in a journey that often feels chaotic.

Why does this matter long-term?
Because burnout is not sustainable.

Caregivers deserve systems that support them, not tools that add more work.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying too much — both at work and at home — I’m building CareCircle so you never have to do it alone.

Would love your thoughts as we continue shaping this platform.