by External Article | Jul 14, 2017 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Death & Dying, Generation X, Grief, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Occasional Caregiving |
By the first week of July, a nurse called and said, Things are progressing. This seemed like misleading terminology, but I understood what she meant. Later, I flipped through the manual the hospice team had given us. Inside, it described how a body prepared for death,...
by External Article | Dec 1, 2016 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Child, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Sibling, Death & Dying, Finding Caregiver Support, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation, The Paid Perspective |
A family and their home health aids tells the story of their brother (and son) jumping off his balcony and sustaining a TBI. They’ll never know what caused him to do it. What happens next? What choices did they have to make about his care? How do they keep him...
by External Article | Sep 14, 2015 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Relative, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Millennial Generation |
In the space of one year, I became caregiver for my dad, aunt and husband. It didn’t happen all at once. First, there was the phone call from Dad’s neighbor, letting me know Dad had fallen and been taken to the hospital by ambulance, Aunt going with him. I knew then...
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