by External Article | Jun 13, 2023 | Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Relative, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finances, Long Distance Caregiving, Occasional Caregiving |
It is among a cluster of studies that point to financial problems as a possible warning sign — rather than just the fallout — of cognitive decline. Carole Shepard, a self-employed geriatric care manager in suburban Pittsburgh, says it’s best to start planning... 
by External Article | Feb 8, 2023 | Caring for a Grandparent, Death & Dying, Finances |
My grandmother died at home recently, surrounded by her family and loving caregivers with the support of a hospice team. It was exactly how she pictured the end of her life, and it cost our family $145,613.79. Many people envision their final days like my grandmother... by External Article | Feb 6, 2023 | Caring for a Relative, Short Term Caregiving |
For Louise Salant, long COVID has meant new stress, new responsibilities, and multiple medical crises to manage. It’s transformed her life. But there’s a twist. She’s had to deal with this condition not just as a patient but also as a caregiver for... 
by External Article | Oct 11, 2022 | 24/7 Caregiving, Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
“My mom was taking care of her mom, who had Alzheimer’s, [and] not telling anybody how hard it was or that she needed help, or that it was completely stressing her out,” Revere says. “And then it became about me coming home to be in a house... by External Article | Dec 21, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Finances, Millennial Generation |
Under the 2010 health law, nonprofit hospitals are required to provide financial assistance to help patients pay their bills, and payment plans can be part of that assistance. But the Bennett family’s experience shows the system is still far from friendly to... 
by External Article | Jun 16, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Long Term Caregiving |
Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. receive special education services under a decades-old federal law — or did, until the pandemic began. Many of those services slowed or stopped when schools physically shut down in spring 2020. Modified instruction, behavioral... 
by External Article | Dec 1, 2020 | Care Work Library, Grief, Poetry |
When I was a kid, I watched the winter holidays shift for my family after my mother died. And this year, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, I lost an uncle, and not being able to gather with family to mourn him because of COVID-19 restrictions has given me new... 
by External Article | Sep 19, 2020 | Care Work Library, Finding Caregiver Support, Short Term Caregiving |
Terri Cheney did not expect she would be weathering the pandemic so well. The author of Modern Madness: An Owner’s Manual has been living with mental illness her entire life. She realizes now, this has been good preparation for the impositions of 2020. I think a... 
by External Article | Sep 4, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories |
During this pandemic, I’ve been worried about my grandma — Nanay, to me. That’s Tagalog for mother. Her name is Felisa Mercene. She’s a Filipino American immigrant. She’s 92. Since March, she’s been living in isolation from most of our... 
by External Article | Jan 21, 2020 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Death & Dying |
Even though surveys show it’s what most Americans say they want, dying at home is “not all it’s cracked up to be,” says Johnson, who relocated to New Mexico at age 40 to care for her dying mother some years ago, and ultimately wrote an essay... by External Article | Jul 6, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Caregiver Support, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Silent generation |
Vicki Bartholomew started a support group for wives who are caring for a husband with Alzheimer’s disease because she needed that sort of group herself. “My husband’s still living, and now I’m in an even more difficult situation — I’m... 
by External Article | Oct 24, 2017 | 24/7 Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, The Paid Perspective |
My 100-year-old mom was heading for the bathroom, and that meant I was headed there too. Until just a few years before, my mom had led a fiercely independent life. And then she got pneumonia. She needed live-in help, and it took me about 10 seconds to decide that that... 
by External Article | Jul 17, 2017 | Care Work Library, Finances, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
A high school student is all set to go to college in the fall…but he doesn’t show up for classes. What happened? Caregiving happened. Someone needs to take care of his dad, who has ALS. It’s easy to decide college can wait so his mom can go back to... 
by Kaiser Health News | Oct 12, 2015 | Caregiver News |
Home health agencies are a segment of the medical industry that you may not know about if you or a loved one has never needed one. The companies send therapists and nurses into the homes of Medicare patients to help them recover from an illness or surgery. This summer... 
by Kaiser Health News | Aug 19, 2015 | Caregiver News |
New York tries new balance billing law He thought it was pneumonia. Michael Trost, 52 and seemingly healthy, just wasn’t feeling right. During a chance break at work as a wood finisher, Trost’s wife brought him to an emergency room near where they live at the edge of... 
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