A daughter navigates caregiving up close and at a distance
When Dante R. Greco turned up at a family party with long hair and a mangy beard, his disheveled appearance left his children deeply disturbed:...
Read more
Faces of Caregiving
Growing closer through dementia
In my family, we die at home. Maybe it’s a black thing, a combined distrust of white authority and fear of medical experimentation handed down...
Read more
From shadowing to sundowning: saying a long goodbye to my spouse
I just needed to go to the bathroom. But even those few minutes of privacy were impossible. When I went into my closet, the bathroom...
Read more
My parents were taken away from me. Twice.
Both of my parents died with dementia – my father in 2012, and my mother in 2015. The two people who had loved me so...
Read more
I have a 6-year-old, an 8-year-old and an 83-year-old.
Since my mom’s diagnosis with dementia six years ago, I find myself often referring to her as my third child. I set up playdates for...
Read more
Hilarity for Charity’s Lauren Miller Rogen: “I am a caregiver for a caregiver”
It’s taken me many years to fully understand what it means to be a caregiver. In the early years of my mom’s battle with Alzheimer’s...
Read more
Our Sponsors
Embracing Carers is an initiative led by EMD Serono, in collaboration with leading caregiver organizations around the world, to increase awareness and action about the often-overlooked needs of caregivers.
