Being a Caretaker is Starting to Make Me Feel Like a Bad Person

A dispatch from the dementia frontlines.

Photo by Elien Dumon on Unsplash

I want to be a good person. I really do. And most of the time, I believe that I am. But lately, I feel like my essential goodness is on trial on a daily basis.

Every day my husband’s parents sink deeper into Alzheimer’s Disease. And they still live with us. And…