[Pauline] Boss, an emeritus professor of family social science — the study of families and close...
Category: Baby Boom Generation
Born between 1946 to 1964, many in the Baby Boom Generation is aging out of the typical role of sandwich generation caregiving. Those caring for disabled children and siblings are planning to make sure they’ll always be taken care of. The number of baby boomers providing eldercare and spousal care is increasing. Some divorced baby boomers are providing care to exes. Many baby boomers are living with their own disabilities, chronic illnesses, and planning for aging.
How Much Must I Give Up for My Schizophrenic Brother?
One of my brothers is moderately schizophrenic; he does well on his medication but is increasingly...
Will we ever take care of the carers?
At the height of the lockdown in Ottawa, Donna Thomson and her husband, Jim, went to visit their...
Caring in Viral Times
Like her mother, who had worked as a nurse in a factory, my mother found her calling in caring for...
The Promise That Tested My Parents Until the End
When I was still young enough to pay attention to the things my mother and father said, I would...
U.S. Caregivers Struggle With Coronavirus in More Ways Than One
Christensen, 56, is his dad’s primary caregiver. The role requires him to traverse the street...
Dealing With Caregiver Guilt During The Coronavirus Crisis
As a person caregivers regularly turn to for support, Carol Zernial would seemingly have answers...
Running in Circles: Gerbil Wheel Caregiving
This is my 23rd year in the caregiving trenches. Because I’ve cared for three generations of...
Barbara Hammer’s exit interview
Hammer is dying. At seventy-nine, she has lived with cancer for thirteen years and has exhausted...
Why Black women are aging alone
“Gains in life expectancy don’t mean living more years disease-free,” says Brown, noting that many...
Cold Day in January
This day came, and I went into the ALS Clinic on my own. The one time I did. I went to spend a...
Learning The Language Of My Husband’s Parkinson’s
I love languages. I teach Spanish, speak Italian, understand Catalan and read French and...
My 92-Year-Old Father Didn’t Need More Medical Care
My 92-year-old father fell one Saturday night a few months ago. My mother could not pick him up....
I Can’t Die Before My Son
What she feared more than death was the thought of leaving her son alone in the world. After all,...
What sex is like in your 70s
We rarely depict older people as sexual. When we do, it’s usually as a joke. The image of the...
Hard Truths About Being a Married Caregiver
The priest boomed, “Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold, in...
Is There a Medical Cure for Loneliness?
Every day it seems scientists discover more ways in which loneliness can attack our bodies and...
More help needed for kids with disabilities who age out of care system, parents say
For most adults, their 21st birthday is an exciting time marking another step toward independence....
How I Learned to Be a Better Doctor From My Wife’s Struggle With Alzheimer’s
Through her long illness, I was Joan’s primary family-carer. I had devoted my professional life as...
Why Is It So Difficult to Ask for and/or Accept Help as Caregivers?
Once in the throes of caregiving, it is easy to get lost in the mire of all the moving parts. It...
On the Job, 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month
Since mid-January, Marjorie has been Bob Dettmer’sround-the-clock caretaker. Bob is fogged in by...
Your Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Spiked. Now What?
Karen Herzog, a retired high school teacher, bought a long-term care insurance policy 12 years ago...
The real midlife crisis confronting many Americans
Instead of more time spent in Florida, she’s still stuck in snowy upstate New York. She traded...
At 75, Taking Care of Mom, 99: ‘We Did Not Think She Would Live This Long’
Ms. Faye is 75, and her mother, Yetta Meisel, a widow, is 99. The former art teacher fills her...