Taking care of caregivers

Published Updated 6 Min Read

Diane Carruba hasn’t been in the same car with her husband in a very long time. She doesn’t want them to die together. She doesn’t know what would happen to her son. A member of the sandwich generation, Carruba is the primary caregiver to her son – who suffers from ADHD, as well as a seizure disorder that has led to a developmental disability – and also cares for her mother, who is newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Until recently, she’d never planned what would happen to her son when she was gone.

Lisa V. Gillespie
Writer

Lisa V. Gillespie is a freelance writer in Washington, DC.


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