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Your Family Caregiving Stories Inspire Us All.

Angela from Massachusetts

My husband Brian has had MS for 33 years and is now paraplegic. It's been a daily transition all ...

Mike from Nevada

I am writing to you after I exhausted all resources to help get these issues to the forefront and evoke changes to help our senior citizens. There has never been a more urgent time than now with all the baby boomers aging out and moving into retirement communities. I have never been more passionate about a cause than this, as I've seen first hand what our seniors are up agai...

Willy from Kansas

My dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 5 years ago. He has always been a hard worker and w...

Char from Colorado

My name is Char and this is a picture of my mom Karen. She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 10 ...

Chris from Indiana

My name is Chris. This is my wife, lover, and soulmate. I was her full-time caregiver until she p...

Mary from Kentucky

Hello my name is Mary. I helped care for my papaw Allen after he had a stroke that impacted the l...