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Maria L.

Learning to accept help without guilt

I am the eldest of four siblings. In my family, that meant I was the responsible one the one who handled things. When our father's Parkinson's progressed and he needed increasing care, the role fell t...

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James T.

The hospital discharge nobody prepared me for

Dad had his stroke on a Tuesday. By Friday, the hospital was talking about discharging him. I had four days to figure out how to care for a man who had lost significant mobility and had cognitive chan...

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