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I’m in my 60s, taking care of my 84-year-old mom, who lives with me. Caregiving is the hardest job I've ever had.
Carla Romagnano, in her 60s, cares for her 84-year-old mother in Idaho after her mother's dementia diagnosis and a femur-breaking fall in 2022. She balances her bookkeeping job with caregiving, manages her mother's 24-hour care needs, and copes with the emotional burden after her father's unexpected death in 2022.
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