Articles about Caregiving
13 free articles, newest first. Every one is a few minutes long, written in plain language, and open to everyone with no account.
Fighting the System for Someone You Love
Forty minutes on hold while the care someone needs sits behind it. Where to aim the anger, why writing everything down changes how you are answered, and how to last the…
Being With Someone Who Asks the Same Question
They have asked about the appointment eleven times since lunch. Why correcting does not work, what the question is usually really about, and how to get through an…
Sleeping Badly Because Someone Needs You at Night
When a child, a parent or a partner needs you in the small hours, the usual sleep advice does not fit.
Angry With the Person You Are Caring For
You snapped at someone who is ill, and now you feel like the worst person alive. Why anger is so common in caring, and what to do with it that does not involve…
Visiting Someone Who Does Not Know You Anymore
They ask who you are, or tell you a story that never happened. How to spend an hour with someone whose memory has gone, and what makes a visit easier for both of you.
Working Full Time and Caring for Someone
Appointments in your lunch break, phone calls in meetings, and no slack anywhere. How to make two full-time commitments fit, and what to tell work about it.
When Someone Keeps Refusing Help
They need support and will not accept it. What tends to be behind the refusal, what to stop trying, and how to stay in their life without wearing yourself out.
Caring for a Partner Who Is Unwell
When illness arrives in a relationship, the roles change whether you agree to it or not. How to keep being partners while one of you is also a patient.
When Siblings Disagree About a Parent's Care
One of you does the driving and the laundry, another has opinions from three states away. How to handle the old family patterns that surface when a parent needs help.
Grieving Someone Who Is Still Here
When illness or memory loss changes someone you love, you can grieve them while they are still alive.
When Caring for People Is Your Job
Nurses, teachers, social workers, therapists, first responders. When the work is other people's hardest days, the wearing down is different from ordinary burnout.
When Your Parent Becomes the One Who Needs Care
The person who raised you now needs you to manage their doctors, their money, or their safety. The role reversal is harder than the tasks.
Caring for Someone Without Losing Yourself
When someone you love needs you every day, your own needs go to the bottom of the list. Why that eventually stops working, and how to care for them and yourself at the…