by External Article | May 25, 2022 | Caregiver Stories |
In 2014, I suffered a horrendous roller derby injury hurting my coccyx and dislocating both hips over the span of nine months. I never even made the team; However, I did make numerous doctors appointments, x-rays, physical therapy appointments, and pill after pill... by External Article | Dec 8, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Grief, Millennial Generation |
The first months after our partners passed away, we saw all the survival mechanisms we didn’t know we had, activated. One of us had to go to rehab and then shut herself in her parents’ house, refusing to go out. Another one started living two different lives: upbeat... 
by External Article | Nov 20, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
I love this piece by Theresa Byrnes because of the way it reminds us that a recipient of care is not just passively waiting for our help…and that providing someone with physical support is not the same as being a good partner. When I file through “boyfriends... 
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