by External Article | Mar 2, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Housing, Long Distance Caregiving, Millennial Generation, Short Term Caregiving |
In April of the pandemic, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. It was not an optimal moment to need a pulmonary specialist. In September we learned that my father had ALS. That was it for me—it was time to go home. That I’d now taken to calling it home... 
by External Article | Nov 7, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to care for his wife, Deborah, who struggled with breathing problems. But as her illness took a downward turn, he became overwhelmed by stress. “I was constantly on guard for any change in her... 
by External Article | Oct 23, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finances, Long Term Caregiving |
If you have had the same, unpaid caregiver – a spouse, relative, or devoted friend – for twenty-two years, like I have, you can’t help but feel guilt-ridden about 80% of the time. The other 20%, you are a team, working together, celebrating the small victories.... 
by External Article | Sep 14, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Caregiver Support, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving |
I’m a huge fan of Esther Perel’s podcast, Where Should We Begin? Almost two years ago her husband was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease [at 37]. They have three [young] kids, a mortgage to pay, and he has developed some compulsive... 
by External Article | Jan 29, 2019 | 24/7 Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
20 years ago, when B. Smith was on TV, on the cover of magazines and books, when she had restaurants, when everyone seemed to call her “the black Martha Stewart,” as if it weren’t enough to just be B. Smith. Six years ago, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.... 
by External Article | Nov 20, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving, Planning, Working Family Caregivers |
Three weeks after Rachel Swidenbank and Hiroki Takeuchi got married, an accident changed everything. Tune in to Death, Sex, and Money to listen to them talk about life right after the accident and discuss how things have changed and what life is like now two years... 
by External Article | Oct 23, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
If late-life love cannot make us invulnerable to everyday misfortunes, what conceivable purpose does it serve? What month is this, what year? It is the season of sorrow, the year of grieving. Old lovers know that love does not conquer all, that our intimacy cannot... by External Article | Aug 8, 2018 | After Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Grief, Millennial Generation |
After his father dies of Alzheimer’s, Chris Garcia and his fellow comedians accidentally formed the Dead Parent Society. They navigate the world of grief through dark humor. Listen on Death, Sex & Money. 
by Guest Author | Mar 22, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Child, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving, Planning |
The other day I was on the train and couldn’t but overhear the conversation of the two women behind me. One of them was debating if she should stay with her boyfriend, who she didn’t think was ‘the one’ so she could be sure to get married and... 
by External Article | Aug 29, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Death & Dying, Generation X, Grief, Long Distance Caregiving |
In 2007, a few years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, my grandmother moved into my tía Virgi’s house in the border town of Eagle Pass. I’d been living in New York for four years when my grandmother moved in with my aunt. My mother called me to give me the... 
by Bob Harrison | Jan 26, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
By now, my previous writing gives a clear indication of the complexities of a nasty cancer, and speaks to the ebb and flows of emotions. At times I felt like I was caught in a tug of war between two different worlds–the world of pain and suffering, and the world... 
by External Article | Jan 26, 2012 | 24/7 Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caregiving Relationships, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving, Working Family Caregivers |
I am in my early 50s, and almost a decade ago my husband suffered a traumatic brain hemorrhage, which left him with the mental capacity of a perpetual 11-year-old. I am the center of his universe, and not in a good way. I work part time, and when I go out he’s afraid... 
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