eldercare Archives - Andra Watkins

5 Things I Wish I Knew About Eldercare

On: March 21, 2019

I haven’t talked much about my eldercare role lately, have I? THAT’S BECAUSE I’M TOO OVERWHELMED BY IT! When I agreed to be caretaker to my 91-year-old aunt, I was an eldercare idiot. I had NO IDEA I was signing up for the equivalent of parenting a toddler. We’re workingContinue Reading

What I’ve Learned About Eldercare in America

By: Andra Watkins

On: January 9, 2019

In: Books, Family, What's Happening?

What I don’t know about eldercare fits in an encyclopedia’s worth of books. Over the course of managing eldercare for my 91-year-old aunt, I’ve had (in no particular order): stratospheric stress, belly laughs, bewildering conversations about health insurance and medications and bodily functions, temper tantrums, feelings of utter helplessness, despair,Continue Reading