Tag: caregiving
![Woman hugging elderly mother](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/iStock-1446913169.png.webp)
Aaron Blight and his wife were thrown into the role of caregiver when his mother-in-law was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The couple cared for her for more than five years, juggling her needs with raising their four children. Today, Blight combines a professorship at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, and writing about caregiving wit…
![Photo of Jacquelyn](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/caregiver-art-caption-1.png.webp)
Jacquelyn had finally snared her dream job as an assistant to a television writer in New York City. Riding the subway one Saturday night, she got a call that changed all that. Her mother, who was living with her grandmother, was in trouble back home. Jacquelyn returned to find rotting food in the refrigerator and…