Heart of the Home Series

After losing her mother to cancer, Takia Robinson made a vow — to become the kind of caregiver her mom deserved. Today, as CEO of Excellent Heart Home Care, she leads a team serving 13 Maryland counties with compassion, dignity, and heart. This is her story.

Jacob was 19 when he made a vow to his godfather Larry — and he has never looked back. From the sequoias of Yosemite to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, these two have built a life of adventure, devotion, and joy that defies every expectation of what caregiving looks like. This is their story.

Wendy Gail cared for a parent with dementia while navigating a painful family history rooted in narcissistic trauma. In this Heart of the Home Series conversation, she shares the unfiltered truth about caregiver guilt, breaking points, family abandonment, and what it really takes to survive — and keep showing up.

Fifty-three million Americans provide unpaid family care while spending nearly a quarter of their income on caregiving costs. This guide covers every financial pathway available in 2026 — Medicaid self-directed care, VA Aid & Attendance, PCAFC stipends, respite care, and tax deductions most caregivers never claim.

For family caregivers, the medicine cabinet is one of the most overlooked safety checkpoints in the home. This guide covers the warning signs of medication problems in seniors, how to do a simple audit, and when it may be time to consider additional support.

Joanna is a mother, educator, and full-time caregiver navigating Alzheimer's with dark humor, radical honesty, and a community of thousands. In this Heart of the Home interview, she opens up about the long goodbye, the sandwich generation struggle, and why caregivers deserve the truth — not a softened version of it.

After 18 years in hospice care, DJ Castilleja knows what separates a peaceful end-of-life experience from a chaotic one — and it starts long before the final days. In this Heart of the Home interview, the founder of Eliminating Caregiver Chaos shares how family caregivers can lighten their emotional load, plan ahead, and find calm in one of life's most demanding roles.

At EnhDme, we celebrate the warriors of the caregiving world. Christina Keys went from a high-powered tech career to a full-time caregiver in a single afternoon. After facing total physical and financial bankruptcy, she chose to turn her "mess into a message." In this exclusive feature, Christina shares her verbatim advice on surviving the system, finding local resources, and why asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness—it’s a life-saving ritual. Discover how to maintain your dignity while caring for the ones you love.

Meet Jules, a spouse caregiver navigating life after her husband's brain surgery. In this Heart of the Home Series interview, she shares the reality of caregiving, the loneliness of the journey, and how cocktails became her creative outlet for processing it all.