chemotherapy | The Caregiver Space

Caring and Grieving in the Shadow of COVID

by Guest Author | Sep 9, 2021 | Caring for a Parent, Generation Z, Grief | 0 comments

When my mother had brain surgery to remove a tumor in May 2020, I thought that was the most difficult thing that could happen during the pandemic. I thought once she recovered from that my caregiving role would be over and I would go back to my life as a “normal” 20...

Take You Me For a Sponge?: How My Marriage Survived Illness and Caregiving

by External Article | Jun 6, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Romantic Partner | 0 comments

Indeed, the minor details of our domestic life sound petty even as I enumerate them. But what could be more important than the mundanities that make up lives together, a marriage? The texture of a shared life comes from our small priorities, our daily choices, and...