by External Article | Jun 1, 2022 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Housing, Long Term Caregiving |
Sabrina, who was given a diagnosis of autism coupled with a rare genetic disorder, has exhibited aggressive behavior since she was a little girl. Now she towers over her parents. When she is happy, she gives them great big hugs, knocking them slightly off balance.... 
by External Article | Nov 29, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving |
In the early hours of the morning, Bruce Wood will wake up next to his wife, former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt, and start muttering. “I’ll say to myself: ‘Please go back to sleep.’ But if he doesn’t, he’ll start jabbering to... 
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 | Jul 13, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Long Term Caregiving |
A Winnipeg woman says she’s no longer able to care for her 16-year-old son, who has autism, because of his violence toward her. She wants to surrender guardianship to Winnipeg Child and Family Services — but the agency says he needs to stay with her. CBC News is... 
by External Article | Feb 20, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Long Term Caregiving, Planning |
Diane Gill Morris was 25 when her first son, Kenny, was born. About 15 months later, she and her husband realized that he’d stopped talking. By the time Kenny was officially diagnosed with autism, Diane’s second son, Theo, was eight months old. Less than a year later,... 
by External Article | Dec 9, 2018 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
Three friends with different backgrounds participated in online text therapy sessions from January to April 2018. Friends With Secrets captures a slice of their lives — the good, the bad, the heartbreaking — and how they try to process the world around them. The... by External Article | Aug 8, 2018 | After Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Grief, Millennial Generation |
After his father dies of Alzheimer’s, Chris Garcia and his fellow comedians accidentally formed the Dead Parent Society. They navigate the world of grief through dark humor. Listen on Death, Sex & Money. 
by External Article | Sep 11, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
When I was a kid, my Dad taught me all about werewolves. Little did I know he was preparing me to understand his depression. Decades later, the werewolf analogy still helps me make sense of my father. Because, as with a werewolf, it is impossible to peel the man and... by External Article | Jul 12, 2013 | Care Work Library, Housing |
Let’s be clear: physically aggressive behavior arises in a sizable minority of dementia patients — a German study of nursing home patients published last year put the proportion at nearly 29 percent — but those most endangered are the people with dementia themselves... 
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