Nurses must meet the complex and diverse needs of the people they care for—washing, dressing, meal...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAfEvHQ5ZNc Three amazing women share their caregiving stories....
There’s a rapidly growing shortage of paid and unpaid caregivers and nurses, which if left...
Describing seniors as "cute" is demeaning. When you're designing for a cute little old lady,...
You lost your reason this morning. You had known it was coming. For three days now, she hadn’t...
My 100-year-old mom was heading for the bathroom, and that meant I was headed there too. Until...
An emerging consensus suggests that two characteristics make humans distinct from machines: care...
A few weeks ago we were talking about how we became caregivers on the Facebook page. I was...
I have bipolar disorder. My husband is my caregiver. He didn’t sign up for this gig when we met,...
Great caregivers are as skilled as an anesthesiologist. The anesthesiologist takes over the...
A family and their home health aids tells the story of their brother (and son) jumping off his...
There is even a hierarchy among staff that determines how much emotion you are expected to show or...
You know what makes being the caregiver to a disabled adult (24 years old) suck so damn bad and...
The other day, my daughter and I made pizza together. I bought some pizza dough in a tube which,...
On the night shift, someone was calling out in the dining room in the early morning. Old gent with...
I spoke with a doctor recently. No, it wasn’t concerning my health. He sat down to talk with me...
I work as a Health Care Aide on the Geriatric Unit of a hospital and I always tell people how much...
This essay was written by Sybil Smith and originally published in the April 2015 issue of The Sun...
So many professional caregivers become part of the family -- that's how Jeff and Evelyn are. When...
...and the rewards that come with it In my previous article, I mentioned the challenges of being a...
As an unemployed 22-year-old, I felt stuck. As a full-time student, I needed to find a full-time...
I remember, as a brand new bride, my new mother in law grasping my arm before I even left the...
At the end of some days the job itself might leave me worn physically, mentally, emotionally or...
Who is a caregiver? Nearly 1/3 of Americans serve as family caregivers and millions more serve...