"Rothman was charged with health-care fraud and health-care fraud conspiracy. He faced up to 20...
Category: For Friends & Family
Real world advice for how to support the caregiver in your life.
The cost of living with a disability
On average, disabled households require 28% more income to obtain the same standard of living as...
Live long and flounder: An aging expert on the looming crisis of our longer lifespans
"Vivek Murthy, the current Surgeon General, has talked a lot about loneliness and isolation,...
The Vanishing Family
Susan, the third-born, volunteered to take care of Christy full time, and Jenny, the eighth,...
Who Cares for Caregivers’ Families While They’re Caring for Us?
Even before COVID-19, turnover in the health care workforce was a concern. During the pandemic,...
My Work as an In-Home Caregiver Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Back in 2006, I was working 80 hours a week in two jobs, and taking home about $60,000 a year. But...
What People With Disabilities Know About Surviving Climate Disasters
According to US Census Bureau data released in January, the majority of disabled Americans...
The Swedish theory of love
Ten years later, I worked odd jobs in San Francisco: nighttime at a café, daytime for a nonprofit...
Meet Dr. Hurley – a physician (and now a patient) bent on righting the wrongs of insurance denials
Dr. Daniel Hurley, a top ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor in greater Phoenix, never saw himself...
Scientists Warn of A “Friendship Recession” — I’m Part of It
I’m thirsty for friends. It’s embarrassing. I’m far too old to be courting acquaintances like some...
Saving Friends: What I’ve Learned from Insufferable Patients
How we conceive of autonomy, goodness, and justice (or their absence) serves as a fulcrum to...
It’s time to embrace community care & let go of individualistic self-care
Everyone loves self-care these days… including billionaires, wealthy celebrities, corporations,...
Disability needs a new story
Disability typically is understood as the problem of a selected group of individuals who meet a...
What I’ve learned being reliant on a caregiver
My family and I worked hard to find a set of four private pay caregivers to supplement the care...
‘We can’t even get basic care done’
Becoming a healthcare assistant (HCA) was a straightforward process. It consisted of several...
What happens when a family caregiver needs caregiving?
Research into caregiving reveals a common sequence of events: caregivers often get depressed,...
How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis
At a hospital in a Chicago suburb last winter, there were so few nurses that psychiatric patients...
Space to Breathe
I am so good at clearing my son’s airway that I am like Sam-I-Am in Green Eggs and Ham. I can...
Who Will Care for ‘Kinless’ Seniors?
When her sister died three years ago, Ms. Ingersoll joined the ranks of older Americans considered...
Labor Department Crackdown On Caregiver Industry Uncovers Widespread Violations
Federal officials said they’ve conducted over 1,600 investigations since announcing the crackdown...
The care economy collapse: There is no care system, so what is it?
Domestic and care workers make it possible for the rest of the economy to run. Yet they are an...
Broad Political Support for Policies to Help Family Caregivers
People in America agree: Action is needed to support family caregivers. The John A. Hartford...
Care Tactics
While the press applauds the tech sector’s forward-thinking and sensitivity to the needs of...
Sex and disability
Scarleteen has a fantastic collection of articles on sex and disability. While I typically only...