When caregiving feels like dad and me vs. the hospital
Every step in the recovery process was delicate and had a potential setback, every remedy had a potential side effect.
Why does progress always feel painfully slow?
It feels like whatever you want to happen quickly, doesn’t, and whatever you’d prefer to deal with later won’t wait.
Our 10 favorite caregivers on Instagram
Here’s a recent roundup of our caregiving friends on Instagram and a summary of who they are and what they do. Thanks for sharing your stories with us everyday through inspiring pictures and quotes! This is our tribute to you. 1 – @kimbrell10 is a...
Headaches? It might be caregiver burnout
Headaches & facial pain caused by emotional distress Case Study: Joan* Joan was referred to my office due to her daily headaches and facial pain that had continued to get worse despite taking over-the-counter medication on a daily basis and treating herself to a...
Am I Happy?
During the course of my husband’s illness, I so longed to hear “How are you doing Adrienne?” Never happened. What I did hear was “So, how’s Steve?” or “How’s treatment going?” or “What’s the next thing they can try?” I got used to it. I was the caregiver, and by...
Managing caregiver’s guilt
February 13, 2014. The day I became a caregiver. That was the day Jeff came home following nearly seven months spent in three hospitals after his spinal cord injury. Of course I had been preparing for my role of caregiver for months. The nurses, therapists, and staff...
Meet Freedom Rider
I am a 60 year old single woman. I have one brother who lives in another country, and am the sole caregiver for, first both my parents, and now, since mom passed in 2010, my dad. I have been a caregiver for almost 7 years, beginning in 2008. Besides “caregiver,” what... Caregiver Profiles: Lisa’s Story
Lisa is a 46 year old woman who formerly worked as a secretary. She moved from Florida back to South Carolina as her parents started aging, eventually moving in with them. She had the opportunity to take an online medical transcription course and worked briefly. She... Meet Judith H: Caregiver, Memoirist
I’m 61 years old and will soon be publishing my first book about caring for aging parents. It’s entitled, The Dutiful Daughter’s Guide to Caregiving: A Practical Memoir. I’m a writer, a teacher, a friend, a sister, an ex-wife, a pet parent, and always a daughter,...
Why is THIS the Picture of Caregiving?
Considering the number of ways to illustrate the concept of caregiving, not to mention the enormous diversity of the caregiver population, the consistent use of this particular image will tell only one “caregiver story.”
Caregiving: How we heal…
Caregiving isn’t an illness but it’s a condition that still needs treatment.
Book Review of “To Remember Love: Two Promises that Led Me to the Notes in the Ashes”
To know Tonya Ferguson’s strength, you must know her story. Fortunately, she has intimately detailed her entire caregiving journey, starting before her father died suddenly of a heart attack, to her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and continuing on after her mother’s death from the dreadful disease nine and a half years later.
Narrative medicine: doctors embraces storytelling
Storytelling contains unparalleled magic. A story allows us to expiate past wrongs and spread significant moments.
Trish Hughes Kreis Shares Her Story
Robert is my youngest brother, is in his mid-40s and has lived with uncontrolled seizures his entire life. He is physically and cognitively disabled and seems to lose just a little bit more of something all the time.
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