It was 2003. I had just turned 16, and that was the summer my mom was diagnosed with ovarian...
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.
What obligation do we owe our shitty fathers as they age?
They may have been monsters when we were growing up. But now they’re old, frail and not long for...
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...
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...
Gourmand
Although many things have changed about my father in the last few years, his willfulness is not...
Does life ever get easier?
Sometimes it's just one thing after another, for months and then years. How do you make it...
It’s okay to skip Christmas
It can be rough to navigate the maze of enforced holiday cheer. Especially if you have a...
How to talk about death
There are a lot of articles out there telling you how to talk to your family about death as if...
I was a child caring for a mum with schizophrenia
I’ve been a carer since I was 12 years old. At the time I didn’t realise that was my role, because...
No one knows WTF caregiving is
I hate when people ask me what I do. You know what I mean, when someone at a party turns to you...
The Unique Challenges of the Male Caregiver
The traditional idea of a caregiver is a woman, most often someone caring for a husband or father,...
‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: The Pain and Joy of Caring for Parents
Daughters said they sacrificed careers when their relatives wouldn’t. Others said hiring help...
Why Are Young Latinx Shifting Into De Facto Caregivers for Their Older Kin?
These Latino Millennials are more likely than any other generation or ethnic minority to care for...
Why Aren’t More Women Working? They’re Caring for Parents
Aisha Adkins would rather have her own place, instead of living with her parents. She would also...
When their sickness is an excuse
When I talk to someone whose life revolves around an addict, their lives feel familiar to me. We...
I missed four weeks’ school a year caring for my sick mum
His mum had come to the UK from Bangladesh as a 19-year-old bride, so there was little support...
Treading Water
It’s easier to sink than swim. That’s what they don’t tell you. But sometimes it’s hard to tell...
I worry about how to care for my brother with autism and his mental health when my parents are gone
My parents have long avoided having the talk with me about how I can take care of my older brother...
Everyone Deserves a Death Buddy: The Value of Death Positive Friendships
But it was upon her death that I realized, in addition to being my best friend, she was my Death...
Now That We’re In Our 30s, My Friends Are Abandoning Me!
Q: my father has been undergoing cancer treatments, making my dependency on my friends ever-more...
A Grief Casserole: How to help your friends & family through loss
Schutt spent four years as her mom’s primary caregiver, writing songs about the dark and the light...
Grandma’s Dementia Made Her Forget Her Homophobia
After watching the way my mom’s family had treated her [after she came out], my own coming out was...