Single Working Mom Discusses Challenges of Caring for Aging Parents

My dad is in senior living. As a single, working mom, I couldn't "do it all" and care for him and my mom.

Shifali Erasmus with her father, Desmond. Courtesy of Shifali Erasmus Shifali Erasmus hoped she'd be able to become a full-time carer of her parents as they age. She came from a South Asian background where multi-generational living is relatively common. But Erasmus knew she couldn't be a single mom, stay in her job, and work as a carer all at once. This story is based on an interview with Shifali Erasmus, 46, a vice-president at a PR agency, from the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been edi...