by Guest Author | Mar 5, 2019 | Caring for a Romantic Partner |
I am the sole caregiver for my disabled husband of 49 years. He is diabetic, on dialysis three days a week, a double amputee, and has no feeling in arms and hands. Fingers are part amputated and part gnarled. His hands are almost useless. Before he became truly... 
by Guest Author | Dec 5, 2017 | Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Meaning, Long Term Caregiving |
I have a secret: I don’t think caregiving is rewarding. I also don’t think I’m alone. I’m supposed to talk about how this is what God decided I should do. How much I love my husband and cherish my vow to him. How I live to make him happy. And... 
by External Article | Nov 10, 2017 | After Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Grief, Long Term Caregiving |
I see my mother as a woman whose life had been bottlenecked by pain. First, her trauma was unresolved. Then it became stagnant, then rotten, then completely toxic, eventually destroying her body, just like it had her mind. Her sadness grew bigger and she got smaller... 
by External Article | Sep 19, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Friend, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finances, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving |
For the last eight months, I haven’t had a job. But my husband continues to do his share of the housework. We don’t have a schedule or count pennies. I do some cooking and most of the laundry when I’m feeling well; when I’m not, I stay in bed and become depressed 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... 
by Yosaif August | Dec 20, 2014 | For Friends & Family |
Caregivers need to find ways to manage their stress this holiday season and you, as family and friends of a caregiver, can use holiday gatherings to help them do this. But first you need to open the door to a conversation with the caregiver about how they are doing.... 
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