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Front-Ranger:
Thanks for that link, brian! It's a kind of sad story but I'm glad the husband is staying active.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 17, 2019, 10:56:52 pm ---Thanks for the searching tips. I was basically looking for articles having to do with the non-economic aspects of caregiving, which I feel are underemphasized.
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Some of them are about economic aspects, but many are not. As I said, there have been a handful of articles on the non-economic aspects of caregiving in my newspaper alone, some of them written by me.
As for the AARP article, I wasn't talking about an article in the magazine or newsletter with reader comments. I was talking about comments on a message board, much like this one except instead of Brokeback Mountain (etc.) the topic is caregiving.
Here's an AARP page that's like a whole website in itself, with a grid of topics you can click on to open up articles on basics, resources, caring at home, caring for someone with dementia, caring for someone with cancer, etc., as well as financial aspects. They're more guides than articles, but there is tons of information on a wide range of caregiving-related topics.
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/
Here are the first 10 results from a search for "new york times" and "caregiving." Long-distance caregiving. Easing the burden on caregivers. Caregiving for aging parents. Caregivers' isolation. Caregiving sooner than expected. A robot caregiver. Caregiver burnout. Caregiving for a cancer patient. And so on.
https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+times+caregiving&rlz=1C1EOIJ_enUS750US778&oq=new+york+times+caregiving&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.3410j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Here's a six-page special section from the Washington Post, "CAREGIVING: A Special Report," filled with stories and photos, including one by Rosalynn Carter.
[url]https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/caregiving-a-special-report/864/[/Neurl]
Newsweek has stories (including the Rob Lowe one). Time magazine has stories. U.S. News & World Report? A little skimpy, and most seem to be about finances or nursing homes. But you get the picture. There is no shortage of coverage of this topic. When I've written about it, it has not been a problem of not enough information, it's a problem of too much.
There's a site called caregiver.com, agingcare.com, caregiver.org, caregiverstress.com, dailycaregiving.com. The last one has an article that lists 11 Facebook groups for caregivers.
Not that your article wouldn't be welcome -- it's a topic that people will be hearing more and more about as boomers age. The oldest boomer is only 72, an age at which most people can still care for themselves. Once our generation needs help it will be a full-blown crisis. There are far fewer Gen Xers to perform the caregiving, and they're scattered around the country.
Paid professional caregiving is expensive as it is, and yet the pay for people who do it is so tiny that nobody wants to do it. Except people who have a hard time getting other kinds of jobs. So here's a good idea -- let's kick all the immigrants out of the country!! >:( >:( >:(
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 17, 2019, 10:56:52 pm ---Thanks for the searching tips. I was basically looking for articles having to do with the non-economic aspects of caregiving, which I feel are underemphasized.
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I hope I didn't come off as too know-it-all-y by suggesting possible search terms and gathering some search results, FRiend. I was just perplexed as to why you weren't seeing articles about the non-economic aspects of caregiving, whereas in my experience they are abundant. In fact, I felt it was the economic aspects of caregiving that were somewhat under-reported, considering how much they contribute to poverty among older women.
But again, I encourage you to write your own take on it! There will always be interest. NextAvenue publishes a lot of freelance work, if that's a place you'd consider publishing your article. They've probably covered this topic a lot, but there is always room for fresh perspectives.
(That's when you're done with your screenplay for the horror movie The Renters, that is. :D)
Front-Ranger:
Hi friends! I haven't posted until now, because I've been busy searching on caregiving topics! Friend Katherine, thank you for guiding me to these topics. It's a bit like trying to drink water out of a fire hose! It would be great if I could find that one magic article where the reader could spin the dial and have an answer to the question of what to do with aging parent(s) who can't take care of themselves any longer. I haven't found it yet, but I'll keep searching!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 20, 2019, 12:32:27 pm ---what to do with aging parent(s) who can't take care of themselves any longer. I haven't found it yet, but I'll keep searching!
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Wait, isn't that what most of the articles are about? I mean, sure, sometimes the caregivers are taking care of spouses or other relatives. And sometimes the relatives don't need really that extensive of care beyond a ride to the grocery store or doctor, let's say. Or maybe they're already in an assisted living or something. But I've seen plenty of articles about people caring for aging parent(s) who have dementia or other conditions that prevent them from living on their own. Even situations where the caregivers had to learn some basic medical procedures so they could perform them on their parents.
At one of the events I attended, there was a woman from AARP who had done it, as I recall, three times -- once for her grandma, once for her mother and once for her father. She was very upbeat about it, though. More so than a lot of people would be. Come to think of it, I have at least a couple of friends who have done similar things for their parents and were glad they did. But I think the majority of people find it really hard.
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