Caregiving Unfiltered
— Crystal Onyema

Crystal Onyema is a Texas-based writer with expertise in healthcare, education, and research-driven digital content. Her personal experience caring for a loved one with Parkinson’s informs her work and reflects her deep respect for the Parkinson’s community.

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Being a Parkinson’s caregiver meant carrying the weight

I was his niece, but Uncle Brandon meant much more to me. He felt like a second father. Back then, my dad worked nights as he tried to build his teaching career, so we didn’t see him much. To be honest, there was also an emotional distance. He grew up…

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Sometimes being a Parkinson’s caregiver means just standing by

I previously wrote about how Parkinson’s disease did not arrive in my life all at once, but through memory, in moments that only made sense years later, when I found myself replaying the past, trying to understand what I had missed and why it still mattered. Caregiving, however,…

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When early memories of Parkinson’s came full circle

Growing up, I didn’t know much about Parkinson’s disease. I’m not a doctor or a scientist. I’m just a family member who learned about Parkinson’s through real life, first by watching and later by caring for my uncle Brandon, who lived with the disease until he passed away. Before…


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