The Legacy of High Conflict and the Family Caregiver
“Do you care for a parent in their vulnerable old age who did not care for you in your vulnerable youth?” In other words, is the obligation to care rooted in a history of fair, reciprocal...
View ArticleReciprocal Care in Stepfamilies
Paula Span at The New Old Age blog raises this important and timely issue about motivations for caring for a stepparent in need, especially when the remarriage happens long after the children from the...
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Death is Serious
Death is serious, or else all things are serious except death. A player who dies automatically disqualifies for the finals. If there were no death nothing could be taken seriously, not truth, not...
View ArticleA New Commission on Long-Term Care Meets after CLASS
Diane M. and I were discussing several days ago the on-going initiatives to provide affordable long-term care for the soon-to-be-crashing-on-our-shores “silver tsunami.” Many folks had held out hope...
View ArticleThoughts on Haidt and Heathcare Costs
This weekend I dug into Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion and the recent issue of Time featuring Steven Brill’s “Why Medical Bills are Killing...
View ArticleGood reading from John Culhane
Later today I’ll be interviewing John Culhane, blogger here at FamilyScholars and co-author of the Same-Sex Legal Kit for Dummies. Many of the questions submitted last week will be addressed–thank...
View ArticleChavez, Cancer, & Cards
Do we need help talking about death? Two stories from the last few weeks have convinced me yet again that the answer is yes and those stories put together Hugo Chavez and Hallmark cards. A natural...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo should not heartlessly force sick or elderly couples into poverty...
Apparently Gov. Cuomo has put the spousal refusal provision for Medicaid back on the list of possible cuts again in this year’s budget. The Staten Island Advance editorial says: …The governor wants to...
View ArticleProdigal Stories, Forgiveness Stories
There once was a man with two sons….and they ALL lose…” My sermon this last Sunday based on the Prodigal Son story in Luke 15 began on this note. A story that shows what life looks like when we allow...
View ArticleThoughts on the Fullness of Humanity
Access to marriage=Access to human dignity The above equation is one thought I hope to explore during tomorrow night’s conversation with David Blankenhorn and Peter Steinfels. How might we build on...
View ArticleAre Family Caregivers Invisible?
Sheri Snelling writes an insightful piece on the current face of elder caregiving in the work place: “Here is what we know today: 7 out of 10 caregivers work full or part-time and represent more than...
View ArticleHope for Caregivers
Okay, as a hopeful follow-up to yesterday’s more dire future-of-caregiving post, here are some good things happening in the world of caregiving and how you and those you love can access resources. This...
View ArticleSurnames in the Digital Age
So, many of you know that I am a bit of a nut when it comes to following current practices in changing or not changing surnames in marriage. I stumbled upon this collection of commenter anecdotes from...
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“Look for the Helpers”
In the wake of yesterday’s tragedy in Boston, Huffington Post Parents ran this article, which they had previously run following the Newtown School shootings, quoting the incomparable Fred Rogers on...
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