Jerllin Cheng

No one is prepared for when we have to bathe a parent, carry a sister to the bathroom, or watch as the one we’ve fallen in love with suffers through an illness. The Reluctant Caregiver empowers and informs us at a time when we must step up.

http://thereluctantcaregiver.org

Description

For many of us, we grow up thinking our parents are the strongest people in the world. Then one day, we fall in love and we hope that our partners are indestructible. Or our siblings–nothing could possibly weaken that annoying little brother or the too-cool older sister. But for 65.7 million Americans, these seemingly indestructible loved ones–they destruct, and thrust us into the role of caregiver.

Introducing The Reluctant Caregiver. TRC is an online video database and community for informal caregivers that provides a supportive, understanding viewpoint for the caregiver from an honest, lived experience and no holds barred perspective, all delivered via videos played on-demand and at the user’s pace.

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