by External Article | Mar 7, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Housing, Long Distance Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
[S]ometimes the world would get the better of her, and her strong, fighter’s spirit would be dragged down deep, drowning in the smallness of the situation. Held near the bottom, unable to gasp for air in the liquid uncertainty of these passing moments, she never knew... 
by External Article | Sep 11, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
When I was a kid, my Dad taught me all about werewolves. Little did I know he was preparing me to understand his depression. Decades later, the werewolf analogy still helps me make sense of my father. Because, as with a werewolf, it is impossible to peel the man and... 
by External Article | Oct 16, 2016 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Grief, Housing, Millennial Generation, Planning, Sandwich Generation |
The stroke affected the right side of her body and because it occurred on the left side of the brain where language is, she is also suffering from Aphasia, which affects her verbal communication. I switch 12-hour shifts at the hospital with my father. I massage her,... by External Article | Mar 13, 2015 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Housing, Planning, Sandwich Generation, The Paid Perspective |
I remember, as a brand new bride, my new mother in law grasping my arm before I even left the sanctuary. Smiling at me, she burbled, “I’m so glad he married you! Now I won’t ever have to be in a nursing home!” My mother once informed me that, as the only... 
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