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Community Care in the AIDS Crisis

Community Care in the AIDS Crisis

by External Article | Jan 20, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories | 0 comments

Today, entire neighborhoods are caring for each other. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mutual aid has proven an effective response, even if it is not ideal. While these efforts are often contextualized within a radical heritage that includes the Black Panther...
Health, Hope and Hospice

Health, Hope and Hospice

by Caroline H. Sheppard, MSW | Apr 28, 2020 | Death & Dying | 0 comments

“The word “hospice” comes from the Latin “hospitium” meaning guesthouse. It was originally described a place of shelter for weary and sick travelers returning from religious pilgrimages. During the 1960’s, Dr. Cicely Saunders began the...
Servant girls and the current caregiving crisis

Servant girls and the current caregiving crisis

by Cori Carl | Dec 5, 2019 | Caregiving 101, Silent generation, Working Family Caregivers | 1 comment

Americans have a very particular understanding of history. So many history books are catalogs of military actions. Cultural histories focus on the market economy and the lives of famous. Which is perhaps why we have so little understanding of what the lives of our...

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