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Living Long Enough to Be a Caregiver

2024/6/5
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Vince Crisostomo: 我年轻时被诊断出艾滋病,曾以为自己活不过30岁,从未想过会照顾年迈的父母。在艾滋病流行期间,我失去了很多朋友,但也学会了如何照顾他人。后来,我与伴侣Jesse相爱,并照顾他直到去世。尽管我的母亲曾因我的性取向而与我断绝关系,但在Jesse生命的最后,我们和解了。现在,我照顾患有痴呆症的母亲,我们之间的关系变得甜蜜而珍贵。我意识到,过去的经历塑造了现在的我,我与母亲的和解帮助我成为了更好的人。 Teresa: 我和母亲的关系一直不好,她虐待我。现在照顾她非常困难,因为我知道她永远不会为我做同样的事。我15岁的女儿希望我们把母亲送到护理机构,但我负担不起。照顾虐待过自己的父母,在情感上是一种挑战。 Sujan Pak: 建立健康的界限很重要,说“不”并不意味着不关心或不爱你。我们不能独自完成所有事情,我们需要依靠社区来度过难关。Vince的故事告诉我们,我们必须依靠社区来度过难关,这样才能创造一个我们都想变老的世界。

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As someone living with HIV, Vince Crisostomo couldn’t imagine aging past thirty, let alone getting old enough to care for his parents. But when the time came to look after them, Vince embraced it, especially after years of caregiving for his community during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He helped his parents move to an assisted living center and managed their care, this time during a different global health crisis: COVID-19. 

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