Posts Tagged ‘caregivers’
Oh, the lessons I’ve learned. And, farewell.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press Opinion page, October 4, 2019 It’s said that the right decisions are the hardest ones to make. That’s certainly been true for me. In 1993, I was a practicing attorney with a baby on the way when my two-year-old son was diagnosed with autism. Autism – one new word,…
Read MoreLessons I Learned as an Amateur Caregiver
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press Opinion Page, Nov. 10, 2019 As I stood at the podium last month to address a roomful of nurses, memories came flooding back from a time when I, too, was a caregiver, though I didn’t have a lick of medical training. In 2005, my daughter underwent a bone marrow…
Read MoreA Small Raise for Caregivers
As seen in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on 4/24/16 In the old days people with disabilities lived in institutions or the family home. But the institutions fell out of favor. Today, many advocate helping people with disabilities and older adults to live as independently as possible, to become part of the fabric of society…
Read MoreCare for the Caregivers
December 9, 2011 We know them. We are them. The people who change parents’ Depends; sit with children through chemotherapy; answer the same question from a spouse over and over. Caregivers are the bone-tired folks who attend to others’ basic needs, often while balancing family responsibilities, not to mention employment. Unpaid caregivers often step in…
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