by External Article | Jul 6, 2021 | Care Work Library, Finances, Working Family Caregivers |
Donald was proud of his caregiving role. His mom had raised him and his siblings on her own, while battling a chronic illness. Now he saw his turn to step up for her. “My mom’s a trooper,” he told me, “and we be troopin’ with her.” Donald was enrolled in a training... 
by External Article | Sep 26, 2019 | Art, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finances, Finding Caregiver Support, Generation X |
When Ted Rall’s mother started showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, it meant that Rall, who is an only child, had to navigate nursing homes and crushing medical bills without the help of siblings. “It’s incredibly isolating,” he said. For the first time in his... 
by External Article | Sep 18, 2019 | Care Work Library, Finding Caregiver Support, For Professional Caregivers |
According to Jean Accius of AARP, these once invisible men are starting to “come out” publicly. Dr. Accius has written: “They are husbands taking care of their spouses or partners, sons taking care of Mom or Dad, friends taking care of neighbors. These men are... 
by External Article | Sep 12, 2019 | Care Work Library, Finding Caregiver Support, Millennial Generation |
The traditional idea of a caregiver is a woman, most often someone caring for a husband or father, and caregiver support programs tend to have a female focus. Despite societal expectations, according to a recent AARP study, 44 percent of family caregivers for older... 
by External Article | Mar 9, 2019 | Care Work Library, Finding Caregiver Support |
These men are mostly working class and middle-aged; a few are in their 20s. There is one much older bloke, who chuckles: “I used to deal with my frustrations by wrapping a pool cue round someone’s head.” Over the two-hour session, the group share the ups and downs of... 
by External Article | Aug 23, 2018 | Care Work Library, Finding Caregiver Support |
Amid the sound of television and hair clippers buzzing around him at Goodfellas Barbershop in Little Rock, Arkansas, Lorenzo Lewis was trying to get a man wearing a mask to talk about his emotional pain. Lewis asked the man how he was doing. “I’m good, I’m good,” he... 
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