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Category: Caregiving 101
Essential information for caregivers on a wide range of topics.
How to Help Someone With Depression While Being Fair to Yourself
How much of yourself do you have to give to your partner in support, and what is the true cost if...
The #Midwessay: Sarah Cords, You Can’t Go Home Again
Just lately it is even harder to stay in my house, my geographical middle. This is because my...
My Autistic Brother And I
Being away from Casey after growing up with him for almost 20 years is difficult. I worry about...
The Caregivers
A few years into the illness, Janie could sense it worsening. Buzz, who had never yelled at her,...
The Care Economy: More State, Less Market
Every society must choose which goods and services—from education to roads to health care—to...
In Difficult Cases, ‘Families Cannot Manage Death at Home’
Where do people most want to be when they die? At home, they tell researchers — in familiar...
Can I Sever Ties With My Selfish Sister?
Several years ago, I told my sister that I wouldn’t be upset if we never spoke again. Recently her...
Generation X Volunteers Want to Help You, and One Day Themselves, Age at Home
Ms. McWhinney-Morse was in her mid-60s when she and a handful of others her age started laying the...
Meet the Underdog of Senior Care
Ms. Biteranta now receives all of her health care through PACE, which monitors her, along with 120...
A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable
On March 1 every year, disability communities gather to mourn disabled people murdered by their...
Queen Latifah On Being Her Mom’s Caregiver: ‘I Would Just Want to Fall Apart’
On top of her work in entertainment, she’s also held the role of caregiver. In 2018, Latifah lost...
Too far, too big, too dangerous — families pitch alternative to large care homes ahead of budget
The long-term care home is so small, it could be mistaken for a large suburban house. Ten beds, a...
The weight of caring at home
"I wrote/drew this opinion piece for the LA Times two years ago, right before COVID drastically...
My dad now makes risky choices and I need to accept the role reversal
I pull up in front of the house, knowing Dad will not be waiting to greet me. Having trouble...
How to Coordinate a Parent’s Care With Siblings
When it becomes clear that an aging parent needs caregiving, it’s uncharted territory for adult...
I feel guilty for checking my mother into long-term care against her will
For close to two hours, my mom had stubbornly resisted our cajoling, pleading and arguing as we...
What the Conversation Around the “Great Resignation” Leaves Out
Since the beginning of the pandemic, one in five health care workers has left their job. They’ve...
When siblings become caregivers
All of Marlene’s children live within an hour of her Michigan home, yet Sheila, who lives the...
My partner died. Then my brother. Here’s what not to say to someone who is grieving
We are hardwired to say these things when someone dies because otherwise, it would be too much....
When a Diagnosis Demands a Long-Term Money Strategy
A diagnosis may be alarming enough, but equally frightening can be the costs for medical...
The Care Crisis Isn’t What You Think
What my research participant made clear to me that day is that the lack of robust and accessible...
How My Father Escaped Jail for Christmas
My mother and father never married. This meant, as my mother explained, that I was his legal next...
When My Wife Developed Alzheimer’s, the Story of Our Marriage Kept Us Connected
In December 2012, at age sixty-one, Judy received a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. The news...