by External Article | Dec 23, 2021 | Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Meaning, Long Term Caregiving |
In December 2012, at age sixty-one, Judy received a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. The news was deeply distressing, igniting within me a burning anxiety over how I, a wheelchair user born with a spinal cord malformation and living with bunches of body parts...
by Guest Author | Mar 5, 2019 | Caring for a Romantic Partner |
I am the sole caregiver for my disabled husband of 49 years. He is diabetic, on dialysis three days a week, a double amputee, and has no feeling in arms and hands. Fingers are part amputated and part gnarled. His hands are almost useless. Before he became truly...
by Guest Author | Oct 4, 2018 | Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finding Caregiver Support, Housing, Long Distance Caregiving |
One day, Shelly Beach received an alarming phone call from a member of a group that dined out with her parents every week. “Your dad passed out today at the Old Country Buffet. He was taken away in an ambulance,” the family friend told her. “And your mother just kept...
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