Self Care: What If I can’t?
By Matilda Stauber Imagine that you just got back home from a day of work. Ahead of you awaits another couple of hours of giving care to your sick family member. They may need help…
I FELL DOWN AND CAN’T GET UP: CAREGIVING & SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
I FELL DOWN AND CAN’T GET UP: CAREGIVING & SUBSTANCE ABUSE. On the 26th of June, the world marked The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided…
CALLED TO CARE
How did you become a caregiver? Is it something you chose to do or did the role find you? I was studying Information Technology when My uncle got involved in a road accident that badly…
Chaos Theory
Part 2 of Anyango's story Written by Cabral Opiyo No one is really born to caregiving, most stumble upon it when they are forced to take care of loved ones mostly due to being unable…
The Family Caregiver – Entangled by Chaos
Written by Cabral Opiyo When Anyango’s sister, Awuor convulsed and collapsed during playtime forty years ago, Anyango had no idea that she had just witnessed the trajectory her life would take. Awuor was rushed to…
A Mother’s Heart
Written By Cabral Opiyo They call her ‘the mother of many children – (mama watoto wengi) but Regina considers herself a normal woman, literally living her calling and living her best life. At sixty-one years…
I, Oketch.
Written by Cabral Opiyo Oketch is possibly the most jovial person I’ve ever met, always laughing, making jokes, and smiling, the hilarity always bubbling to the surface every time he speaks. Yet his life hasn’t…
An Unexpected Blessing
Innocent’s Story Part 2 - Written by Cabral Opiyo So far we have seen Innocent going out of his way to help people he doesn’t really know even as he suffers the consequences of losing…
Can Men Be Caregivers? -The Unsung Hero
Innocent’s Story Part 1 Written by Cabral Opiyo Men Can Be Caregivers Men can and are Caregivers. Almost half the people who care for an elderly, disabled, or chronically ill family member or friend are…
Compassion Has Many Faces
Ada’s Tale Part 2 - written by Cabral Opiyo Ada had lived the lives of two full grown adults in that one year where she took care of her friend Amani, it had ended up…