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Caring for Her Dad Exposes Blended Family Caregiving Conflicts

Caring for Her Dad Exposes Blended Family Caregiving Conflicts

by External Article | Apr 25, 2022 | Caregiver Stories | 0 comments

While the book is replete with many humorous Conway family stories, such as her dad introducing his children to his favorite pastime — the art of horse betting at Santa Anita racetrack — or how she and her five brothers would run around the CBS sound stages to visit...
Dealing With Caregiver Guilt During The Coronavirus Crisis

Dealing With Caregiver Guilt During The Coronavirus Crisis

by External Article | Apr 26, 2020 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caregiver News, Caring for a Parent, Housing | 0 comments

As a person caregivers regularly turn to for support, Carol Zernial would seemingly have answers to most of the difficult questions that come with assisting older loved ones. But she finds herself struggling with a dilemma involving her own father. The 90-year-old,...
Photo Essay: Three States. Three Caregivers.

Photo Essay: Three States. Three Caregivers.

by External Article | Aug 9, 2019 | Art, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent | 0 comments

If you care for a parent or loved one, you almost certainly interact with doctors, nurses and other staff at hospitals, clinics or assisted living facilities. Depending on how age-friendly these professionals are, you either have felt reassured they understand the...
When the Long-Term Care Insurer Refuses to Pay

When the Long-Term Care Insurer Refuses to Pay

by External Article | Jun 21, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finances, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

My dad was a smart guy, but not so smart as to avoid being hoodwinked by those who drafted the contract for my mom’s long-term care insurance policy. When my father died in 2013, he went to his grave imagining that my mother, then an Alzheimer’s patient, would get the...
How Family Caregivers Make Career and Elder Care Work

How Family Caregivers Make Career and Elder Care Work

by External Article | May 15, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Working Family Caregivers | 0 comments

With the number of working Americans caring for an aging parent growing, you might expect that companies would be increasing benefits to help the family caregivers manage these duties. But according to the 2018 Employee Benefits Survey from the Society for Human...
Sandra Day O’Connor And Alzheimer’s: A Personal Story

Sandra Day O’Connor And Alzheimer’s: A Personal Story

by External Article | Mar 20, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Working Family Caregivers | 0 comments

Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t discriminate. No matter your fame, no matter how deep your pockets, it slowly, but methodically ravages minds. It’s an unwelcome visitor. Few understand this more than the family of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the...

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