Gloria Sprung – Caregiving Articles

Author: Gloria Sprung

Gloria Sprung is a retired social worker living in New York City. During her career she helped many caregivers cope with this role. She also had first hand experience when she took care of her stroke-stricken husband.

Her social work experience has included work with alcoholics, hospitalized psychiatric patients and patients in after care. The last fifteen years of her career were focused on the frail elderly; advocating for them, as well as helping them find home-based services for their physical and/or mental illness. She has had former professional experience, as a primary school teacher (twelve years) and speech therapist (ten years). Each of these careers gave her a wealth of involvement with handicapped children. She has published articles in professional journals and often appeared as a guest speaker to both professional and lay groups.

Her favorite avocations are reading and travel and her chief personal delight is sharing experiences with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson.

The Sin of Kin

By Gloria Sprung

This article discusses the relationships of caregivers to members of their family who do not share in the caregiving process but are critical in their methods.