Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration

Heartfelt empathy for Caregivers. A dynamic hub of resources and insights. A portal of hope and a community network. 'Human-ing' with a lot of ❤️.

Writer. Producer. Intimacy Coordinator. Making art at the intersection of care and creativity. Caregiver for a spouse with brain cancer, and our two kids.

writer, poet and walking artist

Reflections on fatherhood, disability, and the rituals that hold us together.

Sandwich Xennial raising three kids while supporting a disabled sibling and aging parents, and social impact consultant focused on gender equity and health.

I am a writer exploring the burdens and blessings of life in the sandwich generation—juggling the needs of my parents and son—and encouraging others in similar seasons.

Award-winning author. She entwines energy healing, dream guidance, narrative therapy and journaling to create authentic spaces. She loves Manchester United football and riding her motorcycle with her family.

Communicator. Connector. Care Partner. Try to be good and good to others most of the time.

I write about love, joy, death and grief. Grief has shaped me since I was five and continues to reshape me daily. I’m learning to live with the braiding of joy and sorrow.​​​​​❤️\ud83d\udc94\ud83e\ude77

Writer, professor, novelist (Little Lost River), dementia caregiver, memoirist in the making. Forever just trying to get everything done.

Sober, aging caregiver for a parent w/ dementia. Funny. Lucid. Heart-wrenching ™ Multiple anthologies, Hippocampus, Oldster, ShortReads…

I am a future widow. My husband has been diagnosed with a brain disease that will eventually kill him. I am in uncharted waters, knowing how it will all end. And yes, I'd do it all again.

As a carer and a doctor, I share insights about navigating healthcare, from both sides of the doctor's desk. Not medical advice - opinions, education, discussion.

Retired Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner writing on all things related to the Alzheimer's Dementia caregiver journey with memoir-in-progress, describing her experience as dementia caregiver to her soulmate in the waning days of the COVID pandemic.

I have been caring for elderly family members for 26 years—dementia, stroke, car accidents, cancer, hospice, traumatic brain injury, & general aging. I’ve learned a few things along the way. You’re not alone, my friend.

My husband of 40 years is living, and dying, with frontotemporal degeneration—a rare form of dementia. My name is Patricia Paddey. I search for God in the midst of our days and process that journey here.

We help the sandwich generation thrive amidst the demands of aging parents, families and careers by providing education, insights and a community of support.

I cared for my father through dementia until he died in November 2024. Now I write about it — honestly, practically, and without the sugarcoating. If you're in the thick of it, this is your place.

SEND parent navigating a severe learning disabled daughter's chronic health conditions. If it wasn't happening to us I wouldn't believe it. \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf33\ud83d\udc99

Caregiver. Ocean lover. Former politico. Practicing healing from it. But I still care to make policy change. So, I write about my lived experience & highlighting a role often invisible. Care isn't just personal, it's strategic & political. CA-based.

I write about dementia care and the life that follows it after 13 years caring for my mum. This Substack offers grounded dementia advice and a weekly research roundup in plain language and talks about grief, identity, and finding your way back.

Caregiver to my husband, Kurt. Coming soon on kaelihansen.com, a space where caregiving, creativity, and consciousness meet. Master's student in Transpersonal Psychology & working on my ecopsychology certificate at Sofia University.

For those living beside something chronic — the long seasons, the unseen weight, and the life that continues anyway. writing from the unseen side of life — what we carry, what we lose, and what we learn to live with.

Caregiving, Practically Speaking is space for reflection, support, and tools to help you carry the weight of caregiving without losing yourself. You’re not alone—there’s strength and meaning in showing up for someone you love.

The Together Hub is a space for people who care for someone they love. We share stories, language, and tools to make caregiving visible, and to remind the world that caregivers deserve real support, not silence.

Echoes of memory: Dad has Alzheimer's. I'm his carer/caregiver. Receive weekly encouragement and hope from a daughter who holds his memories and his heart in her hands.

Alzheimer’s Witness shares stories shaped by caregiving and loving someone with Alzheimer’s. Written by Cindy Roman, these pieces bear witness to what remains as memory fades. Her work appears in Yellow Mama and her memoir, Who Am I?

Former hospice nurse, critical care, too; seasoned caregiver; bestselling Christian fiction author. Passionate about Jesus. Sharing about faith, caregiving, and end of life. Happily married & dog mom to our sweet rescue, Blue.

Writer. Speaker. Special education leader. Mom. Exploring what it means to lead and love without certainty. Stories, leadership lessons, and practical tools for caregivers, educators, and leaders learning to hold both.

I lost my husband to Alzheimers. I write about finding your way back to yourself, both during and after caring for the love of your life.

Life with a partner who has been in cognitive decline for 8 years