Narratives of Care
Caregiving is personal, but it is never isolated from the world around it. Narratives of Care explores caregiving through the voices of people who have lived it, revealing how family, culture, place, history, community, relationships, and the systems around us shape the way we care for one another. Hosted and produced by award-winning podcaster Charlotte Bayala, creator of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast and Caregiver Breathing Room, each season centers a different place, community, or shared experience. Season One takes listeners to Puerto Rico, where cancer and dementia caregivers, family members, and local experts share what caregiving looks and feels like...
The Decision They Had Left (Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico)
Episode 4: The Decision They Had Left
Margarita had always told her daughters she never wanted to be placed in a nursing home. But after years of caring for their mother in their own homes, her family reached a decision they had spent so long trying to avoid.
What happens when keeping someone you love safe means making the decision they asked you never to make?
In Episode 4 of Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico, host Charlotte Bayala concludes the story of Margarita Bermudez Ortega and the family who cared for her as her dementia...
When Care Moves In (Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico)
Episode 3: When Care Moves In
When Margarita could no longer live safely on her own in Puerto Rico, her daughters brought her into their homes. But caring for someone with dementia meant more than making room for another person. It changed how everyone in those homes lived.
What happens when the person you love needs more care than your family knows how to give?
In Episode 3 of Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico, host Charlotte Bayala continues the story of Margarita Bermudez Ortega and the family navigating her growing need for care.
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Getting Her Home (Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico)
Episode 2: Getting Her Home
After Hurricane Irma damaged her mother's house in Puerto Rico, Maria had to arrange repairs, restore electricity and water, replace furniture, and keep track of every expense. All while caring for her mother, Margarita, who wanted only one thing: to go home.
How much work does it take to get someone home and what happens when going home is no longer possible?
In this episode of Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico, host Charlotte Bayala continues the story of Margarita Bermudez Ortega, an independent woman whose family was beginning to...
Before Care Had A Name (Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico)
Margarita Bermudez Ortega was fiercely independent. Well into her later years, she was still living alone in Puerto Rico, mowing her own lawn and deciding for herself what she could and could not do.
Then little things began happening that were harder for her family to explain.
In the first episode of Narratives of Care: Puerto Rico, Margarita’s daughters, Maria and Iris, and her son-in-law Julio look back at the period before anyone would have called what they were doing caregiving. When forgetting, accusations, arguments and increased checking-in slowly began changing the family’s rela...
Welcome to Narrative of Care: Puerto Rico (Official Trailer)
Is caregiving the same everywhere?
When someone you love needs care, how much does where you live change what happens next?
Narratives of Care is a narrative podcast about caregiving, told by the people who have lived it. Each season explores how place, culture, family, community, history, and the systems around us shape the way care is experienced.
Hosted and produced by award-winning podcaster Charlotte Bayala, creator of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast and Caregiver Breathing Room.
Season One begins in Puerto Rico, where voices in English and Spanish tell stories of...
