by External Article | May 13, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Generation Z, Millennial Generation |
The only time Taylor has ever felt her mother withheld information from her was when doctors found a lump in Vernona’s breast last year. Vernona admitted she was trying to protect her three children—to shield them from the burden of worry, but also to prevent them... 
by External Article | Aug 27, 2020 | Care Work Library, Finding Caregiver Support, For Friends & Family |
Even before the coronavirus pandemic began, a lot of people were talking more honestly about their bad mental health days (or weeks, or months) online. And now that we’re experiencing widespread loneliness, unemployment, uncertainty, illness, and grief—during a time... 
by External Article | Aug 15, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
For my whole life I have lived in a family where transparency about my mother and her illness was elusive to us all. We’ve all managed to say so much about so little over the years–my mother has struggled with mental health issues her whole life, but we... by External Article | Aug 10, 2020 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver News, Generation X |
Christensen, 56, is his dad’s primary caregiver. The role requires him to traverse the street between their homes every hour or so to prepare Reed’s meals, administer eye drops, deliver groceries, manage finances, and, above all, keep him company. Since the... 
by External Article | Apr 7, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caregiver News |
During the pandemic, the essential nature of care work has been made more clear. The value of the work that was being done in the shadows, by the nannies and cleaners who can no longer come into our buildings, is now suddenly obvious as we try to live without it. The... 
by External Article | Apr 3, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Friend, Finding Caregiver Support |
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people need a lot of interpersonal support. A year ago, on any given day, you might have needed to be there for one friend who got laid off or had a major health scare, or contributed to a single GoFundMe. (OK, or even a... 
by External Article | Feb 11, 2020 | Art, Care Work Library |
While making Breathers, a series of photographs of looming Pacific Northwest trees as metaphors for this fading, I was inspired to look at how other photographers approach the disease. The following artists use photography to understand, process, and cope with their... 
by External Article | Dec 18, 2019 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
We rarely depict older people as sexual. When we do, it’s usually as a joke. The image of the sexless elder is so widespread that even medical professionals often omit older people in studies on sexuality and neglect to talk about sexual health during check ups. (Is... 
by External Article | Jun 12, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent |
Nilsa Torres, 70, and her frail 91-year-old mother Ignacia Rodriguez rarely left the modest two-bedroom apartment they share in this Gulf Coast retirement community. Torres is Rodriquez’s daughter, but also her primary caregiver — a relationship complicated by the... 
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