November is National Family Caregivers Month and National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month During my two decades of caring for seven elders, family caregiving was considered just what you do, if you are a good person, and you shouldn’t complain or even mention the fact that you are depressed, exhausted, frustrated and that all of this is made... Read more
It is common that one adult child of a family assumes most of the responsibility for the care on the elders. Often, it’s the one who lives closest to the elder, but not always. Susan, a woman I interviewed for Minding Our Elders, lives 300 miles away from her mother, while she has two siblings that live in her mother’s town. Yet, Susan... Read more
The month of May marked the second anniversary of my mother’s death. Five months before, my dad had died. May also brought Mother’s Day; June – Father’s Day. All of these “days” jumbled together have affected me differently, this year, than they did in the last two years. I’ve found myself wondering why.... Read more
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