Caregiver confessions: ‘How much more can we take?’
01/14/25 at 03:00 AM
Caregiver confessions: ‘How much more can we take?’
New York Magazine - The Cut - Family; as told to Paula Aceves and David mack; 1/13/25
Eleven people who care for aging and sick relatives share their fears, resentments, and guilt. “Where did those ten years ago?”: the daughter struggling to make ends meet while caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s. I never left home, like a good Cuban. My dad died when I was 9, and my mom never remarried, so I always felt a responsibility for her as her only child, especially since I’m not married and don’t have children of my own. [Click on the title's link to read this and other caregiver stories.]