I’ve never been one to step into something I didn’t feel a calling towards. My desire to work with seniors stemmed from my relationship with my grandparents. After college, I moved back home to the Chicagoland area and felt an urgency to spend time with my grandparents so I started visiting them weekly, in their […]

Caregiver Burnout “I knew she was tired, I just didn’t know how tired.” “ She seemed to be forgetting about her own doctor appointments, was no longer up for hosting Thanksgiving but brushed us off when we offered to help with anything.” “I wanted to spend more time talking with her because I knew she […]

My Dad passed away in 2007 at 55 yrs old. I’ve wanted to write about grief for a while now, especially since I work with so many families facing loss but I couldn’t quite write about it without facing my own. Near the end, my Dad was suffering from Alcohol Induced Dementia…before I even knew […]