What do you do when your husband comes home with a surprise? He’s got cancer. Host Lenore Tracey opens Season Five of Eldercare Illuminated with a conversation about caring for a spouse with a serious illness. Life is going on with its usual ups and downs: kids’ ball games to cheer at, reports due at work, snow to be shoveled, and groceries to be bought. Then the universe throws a wrench in the works.

Guest Rebecca Throop shares what she learned and how her family got through an unexpected caregiving challenge. Rebecca talks about both the practical considerations and the importance of community when a life partner becomes ill. Learn from one caregiver’s grace and fortitude.

About Our Guest:

Rebecca Throop, mother, wife, marketing professional, and caregiver extraordinaire, is responsible for fundraising, marketing, and communications for one of the 10 state-designated community mental health centers (CMHCs) in New Hampshire. She divides her busy life between work, family, friends, and Maggie — her four-footed, furry dog companion.

Rebecca shares another important story in her TedX talk "Change Your Language - Save a Life" delivered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on January 3rd, 2020.