According to Kate Strohm, a counselor and health educator, siblings of the disabled face particular emotional challenges that are often overlooked.
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Being the Other One | A Life of Care Giving - Becoming an …
One in four families in the US is caring for parents or other senior relatives-and 72% of the primary caregivers in these families are women.
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The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging …
A friend asked me if Medicare could provide a caregiver to help her provide care for her aging parent. She was looking for a “professional” caregiver that would provide transportation to doctor visits, clean, and basically look after …
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Boomer-BooksBlog: Family Caregiver — Keeping it in the Family
But caregiving can be grueling, and reducing or forgoing employment can undermine an adult child’s ability to save for her own retirement. “So I don’t see anything wrong with money going to the one who’s actually doing the work,” he …
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Caregiving on Contract - The New Old Age Blog - NYTimes.com
DEAR ABBY: I have just found out that my younger brother has been placed in foster care because he was abused in my mother’s home. My family and I have been discussing who will take care of him, and everyone is saying it should be me …
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Dear Abby | Sister shouldn't be sole caregiver - Kansas City Star
As an only child with over ten years of caregiving experience, I want to share my perspective. The best part of being an only child family caregiver is that no one questions what you are doing, nor what money you are spending, …
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Only Children vs. Siblings as Family Caregivers — A Debate …
My husband and his family have approached me about being my mother-in-law’s full-time caregiver . Their idea is to move her into our home and have me quit my job, and they will pay me a small salary — about $150 a week — to care for …
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My husband and his siblings want me to quit my job and be their …