by Jana Panarites | Jul 25, 2019 | Podcasts |
When Judith Henry’s parents became ill in 2007, not even her reputation as a pragmatist, a planner and responsible eldest sibling could prepare her for what lay ahead. But Judith had one advantage: around age ten she had played a caregiving role for her mother,...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 18, 2018 | Podcasts |
When her husband proposed a month’s vacation in Mexico, Susan Reid hesitated – fearful of being away from her elderly parents for so long. Susan’s mother is diabetic and her father has dementia. Neither parent drives, unless you count the golf cart Susan calls...
by Jana Panarites | Mar 1, 2018 | Podcasts |
When it comes to aging parents, working daughters often feel they have to choose between being a good employee and being a good daughter. After her father died Illinois resident Maggie McClane chose to be a good daughter: she left her job as a paralegal and moved in...
by Jana Panarites | Feb 8, 2018 | Podcasts |
The challenges of his political career were nothing compared to the steep learning curve faced by former Wisconsin Governor Martin J. Schreiber when his wife Elaine was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and he plunged into the role of spousal caregiver. In today’s...
by Jana Panarites | Feb 6, 2018 | Millennials |
We often think of caregiving as something done mostly by baby boomers, but a new report titled, Millennials and Dementia Caregiving in the United States highlights the reality that millennial caregivers account for almost one out of four caregivers for those with any...