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My dad now makes risky choices and I need to accept the role reversal

My dad now makes risky choices and I need to accept the role reversal

by External Article | Feb 4, 2022 | Caring for a Parent, Generation Z, Long Distance Caregiving, Silent generation | 0 comments

I pull up in front of the house, knowing Dad will not be waiting to greet me. Having trouble remembering when that stopped, but it has been over a year. A year like no other … what am I going to find today? How much food mouldering on the counters, sitting in pots on...
Love and Lapses

Love and Lapses

by External Article | Nov 22, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

It’s hard to change roles after living a certain way for decades. Dementia — and aging in general — forces our roles with certain family members to undergo dramatic changes. Producer B.A. Parker started recording her calls with her father because she...
Death is part of our life stories

Death is part of our life stories

by Guest Author | Jun 30, 2018 | Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Death & Dying, Finding Meaning | 0 comments

People talk about caregiving for a parent as a reversal of roles. Yes, one day they’re helping us get dressed in the morning and then one day it’s us who is holding a sleeve out and gently washing their face. As they care for us they’re teaching us...
Mentally Reversing Roles with a Loved One

Mentally Reversing Roles with a Loved One

by Harriet Hodgson | Jun 1, 2016 | Caregiver Stories | 2 comments

In 2013 my husband John had severe chest pain. I drove him to the hospital emergency department. The diagnosis was aortic dissection. A retired physician, my husband made this diagnosis before he walked in the hospital door. He was bleeding to death and the health...

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