by External Article | Apr 1, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Millennial Generation |
After watching the way my mom’s family had treated her [after she came out], my own coming out was difficult, even though I knew I’d have her by my side through it all. Not only was I worried that I would be treated the same way she had, but I also worried that they... 
by Guest Author | Mar 26, 2019 | Caring for a Grandparent, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving |
I didn’t really realize it was issue. I mean there were signs here and there, but nobody can have it together all the time, especially when you are getting up there in age. I was so used to her calling me Chelsea that when it became a regular thing, I didn’t think... 
by External Article | Sep 26, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finding Meaning, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation, Sandwich Generation |
Sonia Singh talks to her friend Anjli. Anjli is now caregiver for her mom, who took care of her father for years. First her mom was living with her brother, now she’s living in a care home. You might think having the support of a care home would mean caregiving... 
by Kaiser Health News | Jun 16, 2018 | Caregiver News |
Two years ago, Dr. Daniel Cole’s 85-year-old father had heart bypass surgery. He hasn’t been quite the same since. “He forgets things and will ask you the same thing several times,” said Cole, a professor of clinical anesthesiology at UCLA and a past president of the... 
by External Article | Sep 11, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
When I was a kid, my Dad taught me all about werewolves. Little did I know he was preparing me to understand his depression. Decades later, the werewolf analogy still helps me make sense of my father. Because, as with a werewolf, it is impossible to peel the man and... 
by Iris Waichler | Mar 25, 2017 | Caregiving 101, Housing |
One of the hardest challenges I experienced in caring for my father was helping take care of him when he was hospitalized. His memory got worse and his confusion was heightened being in a new setting. He suddenly became aggressive and agitated and had to be... 
by Michelle Daly | May 28, 2015 | Caregiver Stories |
StoryCorps has been collecting oral histories from those affected by memory loss since 2006. Here are 5 of our favorite stories. Charles Jackson Charles was 13 when he became his mother’s caregiver after her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. He’s since been... 
Recent Comments