Caring for elderly parents from a distance can be deeply challenging. My mother currently lives in Puerto Rico while I’m in Colorado, and staying involved in her care requires more than phone calls or video chats. Since my father passed away twelve years ago, my 79-year-old mother has continued living in the home where I […]
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Caring for elderly parents from a distance can be deeply challenging. My mother currently lives in Puerto Rico while I’m in Colorado, and staying involved in her care requires more than phone calls or video chats. Since my father passed away twelve years ago, my 79-year-old mother has continued living in the home where I
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Losing a close family member is never easy. No matter what the relationship was like, the heart still breaks. During the first two weeks of 2022, I lost two family members: my maternal uncle and my father-in-law. It has been twelve years since I said goodbye to my father, and five years since we buried
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The Coronavirus crisis has forced many of us to adjust to dramatic life changes and new family dynamics. To protect our loved ones and help prevent the spread of the virus, we’ve been asked to socially distance, even from the people we most want to be close to. Although we’ve found creative ways to stay
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