Getting Help from Family Members When You’re the Main Caregiver

“Nicole Beauchamp was the sole caregiver for her older parents despite having two siblings. Beauchamp took care of her mom who had Parkinson’s disease and later cancer, and her dad who contracted cancer a few years after her mother died.

One of her sisters lived out of state and the other lived nearby in New York. ‘I can literally count on one hand with fingers left over the number of perfunctory visits or times help was . . .'”

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