Tight Knit

I spent much of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 reporting and writing this podcast series about family caregivers, which I also host.

Some of you know what it's like to be a caregiver, or perhaps, like me, you're at the age where you're thinking about it more and more, and the child/parent relationship is starting to flip.

Family caregivers do their work unheralded, mostly. If you're lucky, you have a close relationship with the person you're caring for. But not everyone does - sometimes quite the opposite - yet often they step up anyway. That's one of the stories we tell in this series. 

And who knew about dementia service dogs? Not me, until I found myself sitting in a living room in central Michigan, watching a tiny dog fetch her master's medication at his command. 

The series was funded by the Ralph C Wilson Junior Foundation and was a real team effort. I worked closely with executive producer Mikel Ellcessor and editor Diantha Parker.

Working on this series and meeting the caregivers who make these stories what they are has been a highlight of my career.