Caregiver

I am a mother to my youngest son who was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease at age forty. He is forty-five now with a wife and three beautiful kids. I...

I remember these words as if they were just said yesterday. Mommy, my kidneys are failing. Once our kidneys are out of complete functioning, the real challenge starts. The fight in...

If you are a mom of a child living with CKD, the emotional weight feels like we have it too. Oh, by the way, he is 44, but still my...

So, I will be telling you today, how my sister as my caregiver helped me with all the appointments and the procedural things I went through while getting my CKD...

Before my mother left us, I was her caregiver for a few years. She had developed several illnesses over her 88 years on this earth. I used to take care...

I have had a chronic illness since the age of 5. I had a few people helping me on this journey, but I never knew these people had a name. ...

Kidney transplant is a life-saving treatment for people with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) or kidney failure. And care partners are essential members of the transplant team.1-3 If you have...

When my baby boy, who was 40 at the time, told me he was in chronic kidney failure, I didn’t know how to handle it. He had a wife and...

I have been a caregiver for several years now. I would not have thought that years ago that I would be in the place I am now. My father was...

My son was 40 at the time told me he had chronic kidney disease. The first thing I said was, "Are you sure? You don’t look sick." Yeah, we will...

I am the caregiver for my father who has chronic kidney disease. He is now 88 years old. When I first heard those words, I automatically went into panic mode...

Millions of people are caring for loved ones who are sick or disabled. In fact, 1 in 4 US adults report providing care or assistance to someone with a long-term...