Episode 71: Gold Star
Victoria Negri is a member of the millennial generation, but her father was a veteran of World War II and he developed Parkinson’s disease before Vicki turned 20. In today’s episode, Vicki talks about her new film “Gold Star,” which was inspired by the last years of...Episode 60: Staging Alzheimer’s – Mickele Hogan on her play “Mourning The Living”
24-year-old Mickele Hogan’s first full-length play “Mourning the Living” explores the toll Alzheimer’s takes on a husband with the disease and on his anguished, caregiving wife. In today’s show Mickele talks about the wide range of emotions raised in the drama, what...Episode 56: A Soft Touch
22-year-old Atonya Jackson is one of over four million Americans employed as a direct care worker, a labor force that includes home health aides, nursing assistants and personal care workers. In today’s show Atonya talks about why she chose to become a paid caregiver,...Episode 47: Hidden Lives
Feylyn Lewis is a millennial from Nashville, Tennessee who’s doing her PhD thesis on identity development in young adult caregivers in the US and UK. She has firsthand knowledge of the challenges faced by this often overlooked group: when she was eleven years old,...Scattered
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