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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Charles and  Hanna Charles and Hanna
Cared for by Mila Crisologo — Lakewood, NJ

My journey with my Orthodox Jewish couple begins on August 2010 until November of 2014. This couple has no children of their own. I am their live-in caregiver and it has been my joy in helping them in their home. Most of the time I helped the husband in walking, bathing, grooming, preparing food and medication reminders. My first year of working for them the wife did not need caregiving but after that they both needed assistance. I could not imagine how I was able to do all the tasks at home but...

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