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Should I Help My Aging, Ailing Dad Access His Toxic Web Feed?

Should I Help My Aging, Ailing Dad Access His Toxic Web Feed?

by External Article | Oct 5, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Occasional Caregiving | 0 comments

My father and I have not been especially close for all of my adult life because of his inability to communicate or relate to me, to others or to the world in general in a meaningful way. As he has aged, his danger and menace have pretty much disappeared, and he has...
My Mom Had A Massive Stroke And I Became Her Caregiver

My Mom Had A Massive Stroke And I Became Her Caregiver

by External Article | Oct 16, 2016 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Grief, Housing, Millennial Generation, Planning, Sandwich Generation | 0 comments

The stroke affected the right side of her body and because it occurred on the left side of the brain where language is, she is also suffering from Aphasia, which affects her verbal communication. I switch 12-hour shifts at the hospital with my father. I massage her,...

One Hundred Names for Love: Caregiving, Stroke, Language and Marriage

by Alexandra Axel | Feb 27, 2013 | Reviews | 0 comments

In her memoir, “One Hundred Names for Love,” Diane Ackerman looks at her own caregiving story through a microscopic viewfinder and provides the reader with enough anecdotal data to publish a study on what it means to be a caregiver. It is a deeply personal, honest, and moving narrative—a close-up look at another caregiver’s life, a perspective we rarely see.

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