“So… How are YOU?” That depends on who’s asking. I mean, do they really want to know? I’ve already spent at least ten minutes bringing them up to speed on my husband’s health and still wasn’t through.
This summer I heard from a caregiver who was facing a terrible issue. The restrictions on narcotic painkillers required that the patient present their paper prescription in person at the pharmacy and present an ID for each refill. This patient lived far away from the nearest pharmacy and required a special medical transport, meaning that […]
1. Mom’s Caregiver Wanda deftly weaves changes in perspective throughout this piece on being the primary caretaker for her mother who has ALS. 2. My mom. She lived. She died. She’s here. Alx grieves over losing his mother to cancer, reflects on her life and mourns her loss, only to find her presence around him again. 3. Preparing for […]
U.S. News & World Report/New America Media , News Feature, Kimberly Palmer, Posted: Dec 17, 2014 From the outside, Kathryn Robison, 29, looks like any other graduate student on campus at Youngstown State University in Ohio. But as she’s finishing her master’s degree in American Studies, she’s also juggling another big responsibility: Caring for her […]
If you’re one of the 65 million Americans caring for an elderly relative or younger person with a disability, you need regular breaks to help protect your health and well-being. During the holiday season, you may have family and friends around to help. But what do you do the rest of the year?
