"For most older Americans, care will come from unpaid family members or friends, who contributed...
Category: Generation X
Gen X, born between 1965 and 1980, is in peak sandwich generation years: kids at home, with increasing eldercare responsibilities. They’re also taking on increasing responsibilities for disabled siblings and spouses.
Your Suffering (Probably) Comes From This False Belief
I was trying to influence a situation outside my control by staying awake. I could not prevent my...
5 Women On the Realities of Caregiving for a Sick Partner
When someone else gets sick like that—someone you love—it can mean a complete overhaul of what...
How to Embalm Yourself Before You’re Dead
Since Mother’s death, I’ve been mothering Dad the way I’ve always wanted to be mothered. I learned...
The Alzheimer’s Crisis in Indian Country
Alzheimer’s is on the rise across all Americans over 65, with one in nine people in that age...
As she nursed her mom through cancer and dementia, a tense relationship began to heal
In March 2020, Lori traveled to Florida to help Audrey move into an assisted living facility, a...
Sharing Duties as a Family Caregiver Is Like Losing a Security Blanket
"My husband is a remarkable caregiver. He knows how to talk to ER doctors and advocate for Ladybug...
Careers and Caregiving: An impossible juggling act?
My story speaks to the structural constraints on faculty members in “the sandwich generation” and...
The Mental Load of Being a Sandwich Generation Caregiver
Writer and musician Tanuja Desai-Hidier lives in a multigenerational home in Maine with her aging...
Tethered to a ventilator for most of his life, how Ryan Lythall found his voice
His story? When Lythall was six-months-old, his mother, Irene, rushed him to CHEO where he had an...
Working Women, Aging Parents: Some Advice For Caregiving Daughters
Millions of women in this country are caring for an aging parent or parents and for many, it’s not...
‘It is all about raising the profile of carers’
It was early evening, and Rebekah Zammett was about to leave her north Oxfordshire home to work a...
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...
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...
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...
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 a Diagnosis Demands a Long-Term Money Strategy
A diagnosis may be alarming enough, but equally frightening can be the costs for medical...
The Art of Disability Parenting
Robert has cerebral palsy, and he has weathered multiple complications in his seven years. I don’t...
Churn
Nobody just “stops by” this house. My mother won’t let anyone she knows come near the outside,...
Should I Help My Aging, Ailing Dad Access His Toxic Web Feed?
My father and I have not been especially close for all of my adult life because of his inability...
The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America’s elderly
Some older adults have diligently prepared for their future. They purchased long-term care...
Children With Disabilities Need Sex Ed Too
Currently, only three states in the country explicitly include special ed students in their sex-ed...
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Eve turned 14, had a growth spurt, began to feel tired often, talk to us less, and took longer to...
Remember?
We are four years into his dementia. The professionals call this slow descent The journey, but I...