We ate a mostly pureed diet for almost two years. Yes, I said we, because I ate what Grandma ate....
Category: Caring for a Grandparent
My grandmother died at home, just as she wanted. It cost $145,000
My grandmother died at home recently, surrounded by her family and loving caregivers with the...
What It’s Like Coming Out To My Grandmother—Over And Over Again
When Nonna’s memory fails her, she returns to familiar gestures. On a weekend afternoon in winter...
On #dementia TikTok, family caregivers find support and bring the disease to light
"My mom was taking care of her mom, who had Alzheimer's, [and] not telling anybody how hard it was...
At 29, I wasn’t prepared to be a caregiver. Life had other plans
I was on the subway headed to a friend’s comedy show on the Lower East Side when I received a call...
Wash
She showers once a week, and for the next six weeks—approximately four months into our new...
Queer Millennials Are Becoming Family Caregivers. We Aren’t Ready
The ache of watching a loved one grow smaller was hard enough. But I also wasn’t prepared for the...
America isn’t taking care of caregivers
Dementia had not robbed Lillian of her fiercely independent spirit, but it had made her verbally...
Don’t Let a Loved One’s Health Problems Come Between You
I’ve seen people with difficult-to-manage physical and mental health conditions (or hard-to-break...
The Crisis in Home Care
Kara Ward started her life as a caregiver earlier than most people do. She was only 29 when her...
The Story Of Britney Spears Is A Story Of Disability Rights
A conservatorship — often called a guardianship — puts a court-mandated guardian in charge of...
‘We Are Going to Keep You Safe, Even if It Kills Your Spirit’
In other care facilities and in hospitals, too, “wanderers” with dementia are believed to have...
Making the Mental Load Visible
Too often we compartmentalize our caregiving — childcare, aged care, sick care, disabled care. Yet...
Stolen Years: Learning How to Fight Lewy Body Dementia
A month before my grandfather William passed away, I sat beside him in the hospital, pushing a...
Aging in Place
About three weeks ago, my extended family extracted Louise from her assisted living facility in...
To My Mother in Law Who I Feel Should Help Take Care of Her Own Mother
An open letter to my mother in law about what it's truly like taking care of her mother. Where...
Creating a Plan: Caregiving for Loved Ones During COVID-19
If you’re a caregiver that’s creating a backup plan, take a look at these key points.
Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
With the coronavirus moving through facilities that house older adults, families across the...
Delivering Food To Seniors Is Only Half The Battle, The Need For Help Is Overwhelming
Receiving phone calls from elderly clients who just want to talk is not unusual for...
Keeping Older People Safe During the Coronavirus Crisis
In the United States today, there are approximately four million older adults who are not in...
How to get siblings to step up and help
So often the duties of caregiving fall on a single family member, even when there are other people...
The Caregiver’s Encyclopedia
I'd just finished Muriel Gillick's Old and Sick in America, an eye-opening 'narrative tour' of the...
Familism is Making our Latinx Caregivers Sick
The tradition of keeping everything in the family is an amiable labor of love, but it is making...
The unequal financial burden for Black caregivers
Carlo St. Juste Jr. is on his way to bring his mother to a hospital appointment when he takes...