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My Mother, Before She Drank

My Mother, Before She Drank

by External Article | Jul 23, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Distance Caregiving, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation | 0 comments

My older sister and I eventually decided to involve our aunt to help figure out a way to save her. We got together, talked about it, and approached my mother – she was barely responsive to us, so we decided we would get help for her regardless. The next day, my mother...
Giving Care to Oneself and Another

Giving Care to Oneself and Another

by Guest Author | Nov 5, 2019 | Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Finding Meaning | 0 comments

There is a song we often sing in my community  ‘Be gentle with yourself, my friend, my friend/ Be gentle with yourself my friend’ My father has been an alcoholic absentee parent for most of my life but I have always denied any lack of ‘normalcy’ in my life. I have, in...
Why people say NO to caregiving

Why people say NO to caregiving

by Cori Carl | Sep 14, 2018 | Caregiving Relationships, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support | 0 comments

I hear a lot of comments about how their other relatives refuse to help with caregiving, so it all falls on them. Sometimes the reasons for this unfortunate family dynamic are not a mystery. Paragraph 1: okParagraph 2: okParagraph 3: waitParagraph 4: OHParagraph 5:...

Abandonment

by Renee Palumbo | Jul 7, 2014 | Caregiver Stories | 1 comment

One of the hardest things that I have gone through over the past 6 ½ years caregiving is the feeling of being abandoned.

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