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What My Mom (And HIV) Taught Me About Caregiving

What My Mom (And HIV) Taught Me About Caregiving

by External Article | Mar 25, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Housing | 0 comments

You don’t know what you’re really made of until you have to take care of someone you love while also taking care of your own serious health condition, too. How do I know? I learned by living it. I was my 84-year-old mom’s live-in caregiver until her death last...
What My Mom (And HIV) Taught Me About Caregiving

What My Mom (And HIV) Taught Me About Caregiving

by External Article | Mar 4, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finances, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

I was my 84-year-old mom’s live-in caregiver until her death last October. We shared a home for the last 10 years of her life because it was helpful for both of us. She needed someone to help carry in the groceries, and I needed a place to live. Like too many other...

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