by External Article | Mar 2, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
Gina became a caregiver at a young age. By age 6, she was emotionally responsible for her mother, her brothers and herself, and she learned to mute her own needs for the sake of others. As an adult, she’s still shaking off the long-term effects of being parentified... by External Article | Feb 23, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories |
Caregiving has always been hard work, and heart work. It has always been challenging, rewarding, grueling and life-giving. It has always been work worth doing, and work whose worth is challenged, or hard to quantify. And adding COVID to the mix…didn’t help. This... by External Article | Feb 16, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Client, For Professional Caregivers |
This is one episode in a series of episodes about care in America. In our previous episode, we talked about care at the end of life. And this week, we’re talking about the kind of care that picks up where we leave off. The kind of care that shows up when our loved... by External Article | Feb 9, 2021 | Care Work Library, Death & Dying |
In the second in our series on care, we’re talking about care at the end of life. It’s not just dying that is hard, it’s not just the prospect of death… it’s the recognition of it. It’s the conversation around it, which is often no conversation at all. In this... by External Article | Feb 2, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Relative, Sandwich Generation, Working Family Caregivers |
This episode is part of a series about care. About the value of care. And we’re going to focus mostly on care in the U.S., because that’s where we make this show and where most of our listeners live. Just FYI. This week, we’re talking about care within our family and... 
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