Chronic illness reshapes how people present at work, engage with their families, and sustain themselves emotionally. Most organizations are still built on assumptions of bodily reliability and linear ...
How many patients have I known over the years who've found themselves caught in the quicksand that is caring for a chronically ill loved one? Too many to count, so I'll recount just one. Mrs. S is an ...
Caregiving for a short illness is often about logistics: a few weeks of meals, medications, and appointments before life returns to normal. But in chronic illness, caregiving stretches into months and ...
Psychology Today: How to Respond to Unkind Remarks When You’re Chronically Ill
The question Buettner asked herself is growing more pressing for many Americans, who now live longer, frequently experience chronic illnesses that require years of caregiving, and are less likely to ...
Medical Xpress: Caregiving without a net: Poll shows who needs help most
The Hill: When debating child labor, there’s one group often left out: caregiving youth
More often than not, chronic illness and chronic pain go hand-in-hand, so when I use the term “chronically ill,” I’m including people who are in chronic pain. My hope is that it won’t be long until ...
Psychology Today: What Tired and Fatigued Really Mean to the Chronically Ill
I’ve been chronically ill with what I call “the flu without the fever” for close to 25 years. Today, I’m called a “long hauler” because I never recovered from a virus I caught in 2001. It cost me my ...