In her mid-70s, Ida began showing signs of Alzheimer’s. Her decline was gradual. She experienced...
Category: Silent generation
The Silent Generation, born between 1928 and 1945, is most likely to be providing support to a partner, sibling, friend, or neighbor. They may also be caring for their adult children, ex-partner, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren. Many find themselves grappling with grief and rebuilding a life after caregiving.
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...
My dad now makes risky choices and I need to accept the role reversal
I pull up in front of the house, knowing Dad will not be waiting to greet me. Having trouble...
Having Dementia Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Vote
“In my family, voting was the highest honor of citizenship,” his daughter, Judith Kozlowski, said....
Is There a Medical Cure for Loneliness?
Every day it seems scientists discover more ways in which loneliness can attack our bodies and...
Servant girls and the current caregiving crisis
Americans have a very particular understanding of history. So many history books are catalogs of...
#WeAllCare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAfEvHQ5ZNc Three amazing women share their caregiving stories....
Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns
With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for...
The ultimate guide to starting your own blog about caregiving
Are you ready to share your experience of taking care of someone? Have you been thinking about...
LGBTQ seniors fear renewed discrimination in long-term care
When deteriorating health forced David McClure, who is 81, to enter first one Ottawa nursing home,...
Family Caregivers Exchange Tips, Share Stories To Ease Alzheimer’s Losses
Vicki Bartholomew started a support group for wives who are caring for a husband with Alzheimer's...
What does caregiving feel like?
When people talk about overcoming disease or disability to live an incredible life, so often the...
A Canadian with an Intellectual Disability Is Fighting His 46-Cents-an-Hour Wage
A Sarnia, Ontario, woman and her disabled son are appealing to the province's Human Rights...
We’re here for ALL caregivers
When I first conceived of The Caregiver Space, I was going through what I perceived to be a rough...
Should Doctors Take Care of Their Relatives?
[O]ver a roughly 25-year span, my father, Phillip I. Lerner, acted as the primary doctor for his...