by External Article | Jan 12, 2023 | Caring for a Parent, Generation Z |
as of 2020, more than one in six Americans was actively responsible for the daily needs and well-being of a loved one. That number only increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, as families took loved ones out of long-term care, adult day centers closed, and the paid... 
by Mosaic Science | Nov 27, 2018 | Baby Boom Generation, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation, Planning |
Genetic diagnosis is getting ever more sophisticated. But as doctors uncover diseases that are hereditary, who needs to know? Shaun Raviv explores the rights – and duties – of doctors, patients and families. In 2007, a middle-aged British man shot and killed his wife.... 
by Melissa Bilchik | May 22, 2017 | Caregiver Stories |
The first thing my mom said to me when she was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease was that she never wanted her children to have the burden of caregiving. She couldn’t have stressed it more. Even though the disease had already taken pieces of her, she was... 
by Melissa Bilchik | May 12, 2017 | Caregiver Stories |
Once upon a time I thought that tragedy only happened to people on TV. I think many of us millennials were taught to think that nothing bad could happen to us. We were normal, we all won awards, we were protected from the world. It was all butterflies and rainbows. I... 
by Melissa Bilchik | Apr 12, 2017 | Caregiver Stories |
I first heard of Huntington’s Disease when I was 20 years old. A frantic, hysterical phone call from my mom told me that she was certain that she had an incurable, genetic disorder called HD that involved the slow deterioration of cognitive thinking, muscle... 
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