From the Other Side
I cared for my parents for six years and my mother-in-law for another four. Now I’m caring for a relative with Alzheimer's. As a former intensive care nurse, I guess…
I cared for my parents for six years and my mother-in-law for another four. Now I’m caring for a relative with Alzheimer's. As a former intensive care nurse, I guess…
Guest post by Linda W. Yezak I’ve never had children of my own, so until my elderly mother needed me, I’d never really been a caretaker. Then, in 2020—right in…
In 1970, my grandfather suffered a heart attack on the way home from a trip out West. He was stabilized at the hospital, but medical protocol at the time stipulated…
Guest post by Barbara Ragsdale First the lightning. A brilliant, jagged streak across the sky. Then thunder like Thor stomping through the heavens. Torrential rain swept down the street. And…
Both my parents took tumbles at one time or another as they aged. Fortunately, they never sustained serious injuries, but that’s not always the case. Falling may be the greatest…
Guest Post by Cecil Taylor As if my wife, Sara, didn’t have enough maladies already, her vision has been disrupted. Weakened eye muscles have caused distortions affecting her depth perception…