by External Article | Sep 1, 2023 | Working Family Caregivers |
“Carolyn Vigil has spent most of her career in Big Tech. She is also the primary caregiver for her 23-year-old autistic son, Jax. Managing these two roles has never been easy, and at various times over the years, Vigil has had to step back from her job for the... 
by External Article | Nov 25, 2020 | Care Work Library, Finances |
Should America just get rid of health insurers? Americans don’t seem to like insurance companies much, even if they’re happy with their health coverage itself. Several Democratic health-care proposals would end private health insurance entirely, an idea that some... 
by External Article | Jan 7, 2020 | Care Work Library, Finances, Generation X, Sandwich Generation |
On that day, and just about every day these past few months, I had to choose between caring for one family member or another. With so many crises under way, caring for myself hasn’t really been on the table. Like me, many educated, middle-class women in Generation X,... 
by External Article | Jan 2, 2020 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Death & Dying, Long Distance Caregiving |
My 92-year-old father fell one Saturday night a few months ago. My mother could not pick him up. Her brother was not answering his cellphone, so she called 911. An ambulance crew brought him to the hospital. I took the first flight from Washington, D.C., and arrived... 
by External Article | Jun 14, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Friend |
Brandon and Scott met as adversaries in a union negotiation and somehow became golf buddies. Dustin was the other guy obsessed enough with golf to play every day in the middle of winter. They started a group chat where they swapped jokes and delved into deep... 
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