by External Article | Nov 2, 2022 | Caring for a Grandparent, Generation Z, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
When Nonna’s memory fails her, she returns to familiar gestures. On a weekend afternoon in winter 2021, she offers me a piece of hard licorice candy, piles of which sit dusty in a crystal dish on her coffee table. She suggests she put on a pot of espresso. Then, she... 
by External Article | Nov 16, 2021 | Caring for a Grandparent, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving, Short Term Caregiving |
She showers once a week, and for the next six weeks—approximately four months into our new pandemic normal—I will be the one to bathe her. Her seniors’ program has been closed for months now, and it’s time for a plan. My aunt is tired of bathing her, and it looks like... 
by External Article | Sep 29, 2021 | Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
The ache of watching a loved one grow smaller was hard enough. But I also wasn’t prepared for the way care-taking would force me to tamp down my queerness — and to become smaller myself. Despite coming out to my grandpa years ago, I still internalized the pressure to... 
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