by External Article | May 26, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories |
Every Woman Who’s Caring for Aging Parents Deserves a Break from Reality When my brother died three years ago, my mother’s mind had begun taking turns down fanciful paths with views far more lovely than the one reality offers. She started to have spells... 
by External Article | Jun 13, 2018 | Art, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Grief, Millennial Generation |
I didn’t know how to communicate with him, and so the easiest thing to do was to not communicate with him. It was a way to protect myself emotionally from having a parent that was really entrenched in alcoholism and drug use. I was already struggling with my own... 
by External Article | May 11, 2018 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Distance Caregiving, Occasional Caregiving |
A year after rehab, Jamie Brickhouse is struggling with a relapse as his mother starts to deteriorate. Normally she’s so put together, but during his parents visit to see him in NYC, it’s clear that she’s not herself anymore. After police encounters... by External Article | May 3, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Meaning, Generation X, Grief, Short Term Caregiving |
Jon had been sober for eight years when we met him. When, in October of 2017, we learned he was relapsing on heroin it was devastating. For months he struggled to regain his sobriety. On February 9th Jon went missing. Alex and I were terrified. We called hospitals and... 
by External Article | Mar 23, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling, Grief, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving |
When someone who needs help doesn’t accept it, you become infuriated, and then you become resigned. But when the consequences of their trespasses become your consequences and they just lie, ruin and avoid in the face of what has become your sacrifice, then hatred... 
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