By Liesl Peters — 2018
Here are a few tips to help guide you in supporting a loved one with a lifelong, debilitating illness.
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With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”
If you have suddenly been put into the role of caregiver, what should you do—and how can you stay strong while you do it?
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When romantic partners are caregivers.
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