by External Article | Sep 25, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Grief |
It’s hard for Adam Smith, 37, to say whether Barbara had been a good mother. Growing up, he and his sister Susan always had food on the table, a roof over their heads. Still, he says, she’d always had a mean streak and regularly belittled him for no cause.... 
by External Article | Aug 21, 2017 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Parent, Death & Dying, Finances, Generation X, Short Term Caregiving |
It’s a complete 180 learning curve going from journalist / author / daughter to caregiver / nurse / nursing aide / doctor / mother. And what a challenge it can be. Every morning, we have an aide who manages Mom’s hygiene, bathing her and washes her hair when she wants... 
by Adrienne Gruberg | Jul 11, 2017 | 24/7 Caregiving, Adrienne's Journal, After Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Caring for a Relative, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Death & Dying, Finding Caregiver Support, Long Term Caregiving, Planning |
The saga began Wednesday morning in March 9. Hours of screaming. Calling for the ambulance. Emergency room admission. Morphine drip for the pain. CT scan. Calls to calm his hysterical mother. Five-hour surgery I’d been told would just be a couple of hours. Surgical... 
by External Article | Aug 30, 2016 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Meaning |
Ten years ago this month, my world as I knew it ended. My husband of 19 years, the father of my two sons, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the course of seven months, Bill went from beating me silly on the tennis court to needing my help to go to the bathroom... 
by Brittany | Feb 4, 2015 | Caregiver Stories |
Everyone’s caregiving journeys are different regardless of our age. However, being a young adult caregiver brings a unique set of challenges. Here are some aspects from my experiences as a young caregiver. 1) Am I doing this right? During graduate school, I maintained... 
by Katherine Flannery Dering | Dec 2, 2014 | Caregiver Stories |
by Katherine Flannery Dering, author of Shot in the Head, a Sister’s Memoir, a Brother’s Struggle When I started working on my memoir about taking care of my brother Paul, who suffered from schizophrenia and then lung cancer, I didn’t know how people... 
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