After Caring for My Mother in Law for Ten Years, I Was Given 48 Hours to Leave

He had been thinking, he said, about going back to school full-time. Social work program. Gerontology, or maybe caregiver support. He knew it meant cutting back his hospital hours. He knew it was a risk.

“Your father always said social workers create problems to get paid to solve them,” I said.

“Dad is currently cleaning gym floors for minimum wage,continue reading …