by External Article | Jun 13, 2023 | Caring for a Parent, Housing, Long Term Caregiving |
In art, we edit the narrative details to maintain credibility. In life, the universe never doubts its own veracity. By the time my mother returned to live in the new house that my father had rented for us after the fire—less than six months after her stroke—there was... 
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 | Apr 30, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
On a Tuesday in April, Michelle Walton woke up in Plantation, Florida, at eight. Her back hurt. It’s a pain that’s been omnipresent since the 48-year-old injured it caring for her mother, a woman she says she loves deeply but who is challenging even on the best... 
by External Article | Apr 5, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, For Friends & Family, Millennial Generation |
It was 2003. I had just turned 16, and that was the summer my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She had just gotten divorced from my stepdad, and we were officially two gals taking care of business for ourselves. Since 2003 she has had 5 recurrences (but that... 
by External Article | Nov 23, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling, Generation Z |
Ms. Gonzalez Gil, 18, is now a senior at the High School for Health Careers and Sciences in Manhattan. Taking tests gives her anxiety, she said, and she performs better in school with the help of individual coaching from her teachers. The anxiety started at an early... 
by External Article | Nov 21, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation |
I’ve been a carer since I was 12 years old. At the time I didn’t realise that was my role, because to me I was just looking after someone I cared about. I did it without being asked. As a child, my role as a carer wasn’t actually looking after my mum. It was more... 
by External Article | Aug 8, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation, Working Family Caregivers |
His mum had come to the UK from Bangladesh as a 19-year-old bride, so there was little support from extended family – but it was an accident when Thupayal was 15 and his brother, Mohammed, 11 that truly turned their lives upside down. Thupayal had to take charge... 
by Cori Carl | Jun 11, 2017 | Caregiver Stories |
Caregivers come from all ages and walks of life. So many of our community members have been part-time, full-time, long-distance, and professional caregivers over the years. But as Cathy put it so perfectly: It isn’t a competition regarding when we started... 
by Guest Author | Jun 10, 2017 | Caregiver Stories |
When we said “in sickness and in health” we envisioned supporting each other through old age. Even 64 seems pretty young these days. The world has changed since the Beatles were at the top of the charts. When did we expect to start feeling old? At... 
by External Article | Jun 10, 2015 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Relative, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Caring for a Sibling, Millennial Generation, Sandwich Generation |
We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about their experiences of being carers. We had a lot of responses. Here are just a few. “I never imagined that at 31 my career would have stalled and I would be taking care of a parent who is only 62. My mom... 
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