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 Lickety Glitz | Oct 24, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving |
You know, as you do. This week I dropped Mom off at her Wednesday afternoon respite. She was not pleased to be there. When we walked in the door, she looked around and flat-out said “No!” I knew I was in for trouble. I coaxed her further in, told her it... 
by External Article | Aug 12, 2018 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving, Sandwich Generation |
Donna provides care for her son and her mom, who both need her support. But people don’t need to have a disability or be elderly to need care — or for us to want to care for them. I realized something about myself — I deeply enjoy caring for the... 
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 Cori Carl | May 7, 2017 | Caregiver Stories |
So many caregiving guides make it sound like there’s plenty of help to be had, if only caregivers would ask. We know that’s not quite how it works. Yes, some caregivers don’t ask for help and your chances of success improve if you ask the right way,... 
by External Article | Nov 5, 2015 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Finances, Long Term Caregiving, Silent generation |
A Sarnia, Ontario, woman and her disabled son are appealing to the province’s Human Rights Tribunal to force a local agency to pay him more than the 46 cents [$0.35 USD] an hour he’s been earning for his work. Erla McCormick says that rate—23 times lower... 
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