by External Article | Mar 25, 2023 | Caring for a Parent, Finances, Millennial Generation, Sandwich Generation |
Six years ago, I took over my father’s finances. … I was 25 and had just moved in with my boyfriend, who is now my husband, and was working in New York as a health reporter making what felt like barely enough to cover my commute. I knew nothing about money — and...
by External Article | Sep 16, 2022 | Caring for a Parent |
Family caregiving is commonly viewed as an act of love. So much so that the phrase “caring for a loved one” is practically synonymous with family caregiving. But not every family experience is rooted in love. For example, children who have grown up with...
by External Article | Oct 29, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent |
I’m looking after my 90-year old mum who has some dementia. My problem is her nasty attitude. I’m single and have to work full-time, but I visit mum twice a week and call her a couple of times nearly every day. I try taking her out to new places and for dinner, but...
by External Article | Apr 11, 2019 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving, Sandwich Generation |
Though not technically estranged, our relationship was tenuous at best, stitched together only by threads of my guilt and desire not to be someone who had no contact with her mother. She had driven my father, my sister, her siblings and her friends away decades ago....
by Adrienne Gruberg | Feb 16, 2016 | Adrienne's Journal, After Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Caring for a Parent |
Today is my mother’s yahrzeit—the anniversary of her death on the Jewish calendar. I was a long distance caregiver to her for the three years she lived after my dad passed away. I’m living proof that you can dislike someone intensely and yet truly care for them. It’s...
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