Struggling to care for a parent with dementia at home
6 people have stood here
Once a few more people have stood here, you can ask what they went through.
Going through this yourself?
Ember thinks it through with you, knowing how it went for people who stood here.
Nearby on the tree
- Anticipating the loss of aging parents5
- Feeling overwhelmed by too many responsibilities at once11
- Feeling guilty for taking time for yourself while caring for family5
- Unable to manage everyday tasks because of physical limitations6
- Feeling unwanted by family despite trying to stay close13
- Feeling overwhelmed by family problems11
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.
How this page works
Why is there nothing to read here?
Ember answers questions on a light only once at least five people whose experience it can draw on have stood there, so no answer can be one person’s story. Not yet, here.
What appears once there are five?
A place to ask what they went through: what they tried, what changed, what came after. Ember reads all of their pages together and answers only with what at least two of them share.
What does “stood here” mean?
Each of them told Ember something that happened to them, and their page was placed on this light. The pages stay theirs. What is public is the count and, once enough people stand here, answers drawn from what at least two of them share — never anyone’s words.
What happens if I tell my part?
Once you’ve said enough, Ember writes one clear page of what happened, in your words, yours to keep. If what you told could help someone standing here later, Ember asks you once — no one can read your Ember unless you separately say yes.
