All the Pieces
Resources That Helped Me Find Direction
The National Alliance for Caregiving
Stats, stories, and sanity-saving policy advocacy.
Next Step in Care
Practical guides for hospital-to-home transitions.
There’s a moment — maybe a hundred moments — when the weight of caregiving settles into your bones. When you are holding a coffee in one hand and a to-do list in the other, wondering when the you in all of this will get a moment to breathe.
If you’re reading this from the middle — the space between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming — I see you. Maybe you’re taking care of aging parents, raising your own children, managing health setbacks, or just holding it all together. This in-between space is tender, brave, and real.
Useful LINKS
The Questions I Never Knew to Ask
When my parents first started forgetting little things — passwords, where we parked, how to work the remote — I thought, “This is what aging looks like.” I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
Now, I know what a neurology consult is. I know what a power of attorney means. I know the ache of watching someone you love slowly become someone new.
If you’re feeling unprepared, here are a few starting points I wish I had when this all began:
Alzheimer’s Navigator — Customized action plans based on your caregiving situation.
The Conversation Project — Helping families talk about end-of-life decisions before they’re in crisis.
AARP’s Caregiving Checklist — Legal, medical, and emotional planning.
It’s okay to grieve before the loss. It’s okay to love and be frustrated at the same time. This space — the in between — is where we learn how resilient love really is.
