Caregivers Draw Support By Mapping Their Relationships
By: Judith Graham DENVER — Every time Jacque Pearson tried to devise a plan to move her 81-year-old dad, who has Alzheimer’s, from his home in Boise, Idaho, to hers in Denver, she felt stuck. Then, two weeks ago, she had a breakthrough. It happened at an AARP-sponsored session in which Pearson created a “CareMap”…
Family Caregivers: Working at Home, Working at Work
Thursday: doctor’s appointment, work, work, work, fight about money (medical bills), collapse, try to recover. That is how Patty and Nate spent the day they participated in the Atlas of Caregiving Pilot Study. College sweethearts who have been together for more than a dozen years, Patty and Nate are both in their 30s, and contending…