Caregiver Experience Sharing

A collection of caregiving story submissions from our readers. Caregiving demands physical, mental and emotional stamina and the ability to meet new challenges daily. Both family and professional caregivers find support by sharing their experiences with others.

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Celia McTague Pomerantz

Cared for by Celia Pomerantz — New Milford, CT

I was my mother's caregiver to Alzheimer's and the the experience effected me so deeply that I wrote a book about my journey called: Alzheimer's: A Mother Daughter Journey. Music, especially salsa music, played a huge role in our journey. My mother lost herself –something that of course Alzheimer’s had already done for her. But unlike losing herself to a disease, she lost herself on her own terms, her own beat, her own rhythm. When she danced, she was connected to the air, the ground, the p...

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Cared for by Hana Sugimoto — Chicago, IL

Dementia Memory Loss

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Rose Gingras

Cared for by Crista Martinez — Glendale, CA

Caregiver Memory Loss

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Vivian

Cared for by Suzanne Pasanen — Painesville, OH

Memory Loss

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