by External Article | Aug 25, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caregiver News, Housing |
Later, the story of the Life Care outbreak would be flattened by the ubiquitous metaphors of pandemic. People would say that COVID-19 hit like a bomb, or an earthquake, or a tidal wave. They would say it spread like wildfire. But inside the facility, it felt more like... 
by External Article | Jun 14, 2020 | Care Work Library, Housing, Long Term Caregiving |
Lots of people visited the nursing home, but the sisters stood out because whenever they came to sit outside their mother’s window in the evening, they stayed for hours and hours, and then they came back the next morning. On the other side of the window, Susan Hailey,... 
by External Article | Jun 7, 2020 | Care Work Library, Generation Z, Short Term Caregiving |
My parents got sick the week after I got sick. That week, it was just me and my little brother. He’s 16. It was a little rough, I have to admit. We’re not used to being alone without our parents. The last time I talked to my dad, it was 3 in the afternoon the day we... 
by External Article | Apr 2, 2020 | Care Work Library, Housing |
As I got older, I made the decision to stay in this house rather than go to a facility. My husband died about 15 years ago, so I was living by myself, but I was completely active, and my life was the same as it’s always been — I volunteered and attended concerts and... 
by External Article | Mar 20, 2019 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Death & Dying |
Debra wanted her affairs to be in order. Her small home was quiet, save for the beeps and vibrations coming from her late-husband David’s cellphone: alarms reminding her when to eat, when to take her medications, when to water the plants. In the mornings and evenings,... 
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