November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to raise awareness about the role of family caregivers and recognize their support and selflessness. Many people with essential tremor are supported by a loving caregiver who assists them with daily tasks and provides emotional support as well. Sabrina Pilarski is a caregiver for her husband, Tom, […]
(From the February/March 2025 issue of Brain & Life Magazine) Tracy Cram Perkins understands the toll of caregiving. For more than 16 years, she looked after her parents, an uncle, and an aunt—all battling different forms of dementia. Her mother experienced postoperative cognitive decline following anesthesia, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, an aunt had vascular […]
This article was originally published on Brain & Life by Paul Wynn. Most caregiving is still done by women, but the number of male caregivers—and support systems for them—is growing. Jim and Kathy Lane were married in September 1990 when both were in their early thirties. Six months later, Kathy was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). […]
By Chuck Wolfe My name is Charles Wolfe and I have been married to my lovely wife Barbara for 56 years. We started dating four years before we got married. Barbara is exactly one year younger than me. I like to say Barbara was G-d’s gift to the world to me when she was born […]
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to raise awareness about the role of family caregivers and recognize their support and selflessness. Many people with essential tremor are supported by a loving caregiver who assists them with daily tasks and provides emotional support as well. Lorena Rogers is a caregiver for her husband, Donald. […]
By Dave Sevart, caregiver Forty plus years ago, my then fiancée, Rita, asked if it bothered me that sometimes her hands were shaky. I said, “No,” as I figured that was going to be the “in sickness and in health” part of our wedding vows. Forty years later, the marriage vows should have included “ET […]