Alzheimer’s Remembered: A Journey in Poetry
I was 76 when I began a project I thought I’d never begin, a cycle of poems on Mom’s Alzheimer’s and my parched caregiving....
Making the Best of a Tough Situation
My personal "Middle Ages" brought work at two nursing homes and one retirement community, as well as the decline and demise...
Health Care in the Age of Coronavirus
There have been mixed political messages on how COVID-19 is spread but this much is not in dispute by health experts— it...
The Unsung Heroes of Caregiving
An Aging Population, Pandemic, and Politics Makes a Tough Job Even Harder Kathy Herigstad was 60 years old during her...
The Other Boom
Cutting-Edge Communities for Older Adults Are Surging in our Region The Puget Sound skyline sports a now familiar ridge...
Caregiving in the Era of COVID-19
Even in ordinary times, the more than 840,000 unpaid family caregivers in Washington State face a daunting set of daily tasks....
Room to Breathe
I am not a grandparent—yet. But my daughters are talking about having children, so when I came across the quiz “Are You...
A Compassionate Recipe for Change
For many years I facilitated grief support groups for a local hospital. People grieving the loss of loved ones came to share...
Living in Harmony
Some of us are lucky enough to know early on what we want to do with our lives—and patient enough to know that it’s never...
What I Get Paid to Do
I work as a celebrant for one of the oldest funeral homes in Seattle. I remove bodies. I do cremations. I assist and participate...
