For Louise Salant, long COVID has meant new stress, new responsibilities, and multiple medical...
Category: Caring for a Relative
The Underground Economy of Unpaid Care
At the time, my mom was living in Bellingham, Washington, two years into providing unpaid live-in...
The surprising relationships we carry
I received a disturbing phone call last week just as I sat down to write the latest newsletter. An...
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...
Fairplay at Home w/Eve Rodsky
This episode is part of a series about care. About the value of care. And we’re going to focus...
As a queer person, COVID-19 made me realize I need to start end-of-life planning
On the freezer door in my kitchen, there’s an index card held in place with a bright red magnet....
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...
The Caregiver’s Encyclopedia
I'd just finished Muriel Gillick's Old and Sick in America, an eye-opening 'narrative tour' of the...
How to Help Comfort a Loved One During a Hospital Stay
Follow these tips to make their hospital stay as easy as possible.
How to Balance Parenting and Elderly Caregiving
My aunt’s decline took place over the course of about six weeks. We went from her visiting on...
Young caregivers put future careers at risk, study shows
One in four Canadians aged 15 to 19 helps someone with challenges resulting from illness,...
My Aunt Has Alzheimer’s and Her Husband Doesn’t Seem to Care
My family is elderly, and my aunt — who is in her late 70s — was recently diagnosed with...
The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care
When do we owe people the full truth about their lives? What happens when people cannot understand...
How Does Your Caregiving Role Impact Your Relationship With Your Significant Other?
Many times when you become a caregiver you have a set of expectations regarding the tasks you will...
The Boxed Generation: Caring and Coping on All Sides
Baby Boomers and Gen Xer’s had better get used to this complex reality, because their generations...
The dangerous topic of appreciation
Does the person who you caregive for appreciate what you do? It's a dangerous question to ask,...
What do you miss most about your “old life”?
Caregiving changes your life forever. Even when caregiving ends, we've been transformed. Here's...
Terminal Determination
The saga began Wednesday morning in March 9. Hours of screaming. Calling for the ambulance....
Looking back at 95 years of eldercare
Things have changed a lot in the US during my grandmother's lifetime. My grandmother retired...
What’s left behind
The caregiving for my Uncle fell upon my mother. He did not want the family to provide hands-on...
Faces of Care: Martine Côté
Thérèse and Pierrot laughed together until his last day. It was their way to take care of each...
A Comic About Aging Together
Jane Komori's comic explores her grandparent's experiences in aging and what their lives can teach...
I Was A Caregiver to Three Relatives at Once
In the space of one year, I became caregiver for my dad, aunt and husband. It didn’t happen all at...
17 Testimonies From Carers Looking After Family Members
We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about their experiences of being carers. We...