caregiver

November 22, 2020 0

Parenting our Parents

Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny writes about the challenge of being a parent-figure to an aging parent. [Read more...]

"Day 39," by Luciano Belviso, via Flickr.com under Creative Commons 2.0 license.

March 21, 2017 0

Writing Your Way Through Grief

Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Joan Zlotnick, a retired English professor. I imagine that many of you who have come to this site are caregivers [Read more...]

September 8, 2016 0

HaDerekh: Paths to Jewish Caregiving

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Madelyn (Micki) Iris, Ph.D. For more information about the HaDerekh program and evaluation results, please contact her at [Read more...]

March 16, 2016 0

Keynote Remarks: Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, March 6, 2016

Rabbi Address delivered a keynote presentation at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in Wynnewood, PA, on Sunday, March 6. You can watch the presentation in the video player [Read more...]

Formerly known as Concordia Square, this served as the central square of the Kraków ghetto and the deportation spot of Kraków Jews between 1941-43. The square was refurbished at the end of 2005 and the memorial installed. It features 33 large illuminated chairs in the square and 37 smaller chairs standing on the edge of the square and at the tram stops. The chairs represent the furniture and other remnants that were discarded on that very spot by the ghetto’s Jews as they were herded into the trains that would often take them to concentration camps. One of the memorial’s designers, Piotr Lewicki, said: “First, a quarter of the town’s residents had to leave their homes and go to the closed-off area of Podgórze. Then the ghetto was reduced in size, and the people were divided according to whether or not they could work, whether they were sick or healthy etc. As a result people were constantly resettling, bringing all their belongings with them. They also took chairs with them, the furniture closest to the body. When the ghetto was liquidated, the Jews had to move to the Płaszów camp, and anything that wasn't needed remained in the square. We wanted to draw reference to that moment precisely. There must have been an incredible silence, it must have been completely empty.” (Photo by Jennifer Boyer via Flickr.com. Used under Creative Commons 2.0 License)

March 8, 2016 0

Holocaust Survivor Born to Be a Caregiver

Editor’s Note: Rita Ross was married for close to 50 years, during which time she raised five children (four boys and a girl), taught first grade at Solomon Schechter [Read more...]

September 18, 2013 1

Larry Bocchiere of the Well Spouse Organization discusses spousal/partner caregiving on Boomer Generation Radio

Larry Bocchiere, president of the Well Spouse Association, discusses his group’s outreach to spouses who are providing daily care for their partners on the September 17 [Read more...]

July 23, 2013 0

Lives of caregivers featured in public radio series

John Hockenberry More than 65.7 million Americans—almost 30 percent of the adult population—are caregivers. John Hockenberry’s award-winning radio program, The [Read more...]

August 9, 2011 0

Moving Mom, Chapter 2: Finding the Right Living Space

Gil’s Mom has severe osteoporosis plus macular degeneration; two serious health problems. Our goal was to find a nearby residence that would give her a social life [Read more...]

July 20, 2011 0

Moving Mom: Chapter 1

Rabbi Address’s comment: An issue that many of us face is how and when to move a loved one from their home back to where we live. When to have that talk and how to [Read more...]