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Category: Millennial Generation
Born between 1981 and 1996, millennials are likely to have young kids at home while caring for a partner, sibling(s), parent(s), and grandparent(s). We’re likely to be caring for someone who isn’t legally our family, limiting our access to support. We’re also likely to have our own health issues to manage while trying to build our careers.
Queer Millennials Are Becoming Family Caregivers. We Aren’t Ready
"When my grandpa began to fade, I didn’t realize that I would be the one who’d fracture. Nor did I...
Losing a Parent in Your 20s, What I Wish I’d Known.
From diagnosis to death, my dad’s journey was a callously swift nine months. A strange lump in his...
How Do I Support My Partner When They’re Depressed?
"Sometimes, supporting your partner goes beyond trying to immediately “fix” their problems....
You Shouldn’t Have to Take Care of Your Aging Parents on Your Own
"For most older Americans, care will come from unpaid family members or friends, who contributed...
Love in the age of sickle cell disease
"There are not yet universal standards for genetic testing, but a narrow consensus has emerged...
Something Better Than This
I've been under significant financial stress. My family has also been hit by a couple of major...
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...
The Agony of Putting Your Life on Hold to Care for Your Parents
Randi Schofield tried her best to not dwell on all the ways her life changed, on the pieces of...
I Took Over My Father’s Finances at 25. The Lessons Were Hard-Won.
Six years ago, I took over my father’s finances. ... I was 25 and had just moved in with my...
The Ultimate Guide to Purée
We ate a mostly pureed diet for almost two years. Yes, I said we, because I ate what Grandma ate....
How to Get Nurses Back in Homes Supporting Disabled Children
Finding nurses to care for medically fragile children at home has historically been difficult. But...
On hope
I knew what was going on the moment I rushed up two flights of stairs and found him. The kind of...
The Switzerland schedule
“Your mother,” he told us, “has multiple sclerosis.” Whatever that was. I carried on with my day...
The Island of Misfit Toys
This year, I have a Christmas baby. David was born in July, but he is the size of a newborn yet....
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...
Walkthrough of UHC’s Claim Reimbursement Form Game
I’ve always loved the puzzle genre of video games. Starting with the Infocomm text adventures of...
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...
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...
We need to address society’s unrealistic view of caregivers
Who cares? When picturing a caregiver, the person who comes to mind is almost invariably female....
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...
Jobs Aplenty, but a Shortage of Care Keeps Many Women From Benefiting
A dearth of child care and elder care choices is causing many women to reorganize their working...
In ‘Corsicana,’ Will Arbery Puts Art, Family and Down Syndrome Onstage
Arbery, who grew up in Dallas with seven sisters in a conservative Catholic milieu similar to that...