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Grief: A silent killer

Grief: A silent killer

by Bob Harrison | Dec 28, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving | 35 comments

You know, I could start this article out with a bunch of fancy words and statistics to perhaps prove a point, but I really don’t need to. This is the 50th blog I’ve posted on The Caregiver Space this year, and all are in one way or the other, either...
I started taking care of my mom while I was in HS

I started taking care of my mom while I was in HS

by Krystel Edwards | Apr 20, 2015 | Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Interviews, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation | 3 comments

Nicki is a young millennial caregiver for her mother who has liver disease and osteoporosis. This is her story. The summer after I finished high school, my mom got sick. At first, it was a bacterial infection. Then, it seemed to always be something — asthma,...
A Life Worth Ending

A Life Worth Ending

by External Article | May 20, 2012 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Death & Dying, Finances, Generation X, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Planning | 0 comments

I didn’t need to be schooled in the realities of long-term care: The costs for my mother, who is 86 and who, for the past eighteen months, has not been able to walk, talk, or to address her most minimal needs and, to boot, is absent a short-term memory, come in at...

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