RICHMOND, Va. - On an unseasonably warm Friday morning in October, Dr. Omar Abubaker paced in...
Category: After Caregiving
Caregiving roles don’t stay the same for long. Our responsibilities as a caregiver may come to an end due to death, estrangement, changed care arrangements, or recovery. Even after the official end of caregiving, there is often a significant amount of work for us to do coordinating care, filing paperwork, and managing an estate.
Can Love Sparked at Burning Man Last in Everyday Life?
My older brother, Bill, had lit himself on fire in front of the Veteran’s Hospital where he was...
How to recover from tragedy
How do we keep going when our lives fall apart? three P's can stunt recovery: (1) personalization...
When betrayal is freedom
For fifteen years I cared for him. His accident was days after our engagement. My mother pulled me...
Terminal Determination
The saga began Wednesday morning in March 9. Hours of screaming. Calling for the ambulance....
My life: Catherine F
What's your life really like? So many caregivers are out there feeling like no one understands...
Looking back at 95 years of eldercare
Things have changed a lot in the US during my grandmother's lifetime. My grandmother retired...
A Mother’s Heart-Wrenching Story Of Loss That Offers Hope For Recovery And Healing
A mother of five and grandmother to nine, married and divorced four times, and a clinical social...
Clearing out the clutter
When a loved one dies, we often go into cleaning mode. There is an urge to bring order to a world...
How should you grieve?
The pain and sorrow of bereavement is supposed to get easier to bear as time passes. But what if...
10 steps to being the executor of an estate
As the oldest child, my mother has been called upon to serve as the executrix for multiple family...
Just be
OMG! Another year has gone by which, in retrospect, feels like it occurred in the blink of an eye,...
He would have been how old?
The Dog Days of August are upon us. It’s blisteringly hot in New York and at the beach and not...
Five years
It’s five years since Steve died. March 19, 2011 at 6:45p.m. But who’s counting? Even with...
Yahrzeit
Today is my mother’s yahrzeit—the anniversary of her death on the Jewish calendar. I was a long...
I Got Addicted To Online Dating After My Husband Died
I couldn’t deal with being alone after the death of my husband. We spent all our time together to...
Becoming a caregiver again
I just finished making a new medication chart. There’s fresh bedding in the closet and food she...
We’re here for ALL caregivers
When I first conceived of The Caregiver Space, I was going through what I perceived to be a rough...
Just When You Think Your World is Over…
As a caregiver, my life was filled with unknowns.
No words
My husband, Steve, was in the hospital for a collapsed lung after he’d had an ablation procedure....
Decision guilt
Steve was clearly in pain. He was staring at himself in the bathroom mirror and screaming at the...
Getting a home ready for sale
Caregivers take on all sorts of responsibilities beyond what people imagine. One of those is often...
Am I Happy?
During the course of my husband’s illness, I so longed to hear “How are you doing Adrienne?” Never...
After caregiving: building a new life
Strains of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” underscore a commercial on my television—as...