The Nesting Journal -Caregiver Stories & Support

Caregiver awake at night watching over a loved one with TBI — representing sleep disruption in traumatic brain injury families, from Robbins Nest Alliance.

TBI and Sleep Problems: What Caregivers Need to...

If your loved one has a brain injury and can't sleep, you've probably been told to reduce stress. That's not wrong — but it's not the whole story. Sleep disruption...

TBI and Sleep Problems: What Caregivers Need to...

If your loved one has a brain injury and can't sleep, you've probably been told to reduce stress. That's not wrong — but it's not the whole story. Sleep disruption...

Five types of dementia illustrated as brain silhouettes — Alzheimer's, Lewy Body, Frontotemporal, Vascular, and CTE-related cognitive decline — caregiver education resource from Robbins Nest Alliance.

5 Types of Dementia

Not all dementia is the same. There are five distinct types — each one attacking the brain differently, progressing differently, and showing up in your home differently. Here's what your...

5 Types of Dementia

Not all dementia is the same. There are five distinct types — each one attacking the brain differently, progressing differently, and showing up in your home differently. Here's what your...

Caregiver sitting alone at kitchen table in early morning light representing the quiet exhaustion of caring for someone with CTE or TBI

To the Caregiver Who Thinks They Are Failing

You are not imagining it. You were not overreacting. You are not failing. You are caring for someone whose brain is working against them every single day — without a...

To the Caregiver Who Thinks They Are Failing

You are not imagining it. You were not overreacting. You are not failing. You are caring for someone whose brain is working against them every single day — without a...

Kitchen stove left on with forgotten pot representing executive dysfunction and daily life with CTE

This Is What CTE Looks Like Inside Our Home

Nobody really talks about what CTE looks like behind closed doors. The stove left on. The shower turned off. The railing. The sniper in the trees. This is our house....

This Is What CTE Looks Like Inside Our Home

Nobody really talks about what CTE looks like behind closed doors. The stove left on. The shower turned off. The railing. The sniper in the trees. This is our house....

A caregiver and patient sit with a neurologist in a warm consultation room, all three engaged in conversation — representing collaborative, comprehensive neurological care.

What Good Neurological Care Actually Looks Like

The neurologist gave you a diagnosis. Maybe a medication. Maybe a referral. And then the door closed. If that felt incomplete, you were right. Here's what comprehensive neurological care actually...

What Good Neurological Care Actually Looks Like

The neurologist gave you a diagnosis. Maybe a medication. Maybe a referral. And then the door closed. If that felt incomplete, you were right. Here's what comprehensive neurological care actually...

An older veteran sits quietly at a kitchen table, looking out a window — representing the years of living with undiagnosed brain injury before a late diagnosis finally arrives.

When the Diagnosis is Late

Some diagnoses arrive decades late. Not because the symptoms weren't there — but because nobody connected the dots. If your family finally has a name for what's been happening, this...

When the Diagnosis is Late

Some diagnoses arrive decades late. Not because the symptoms weren't there — but because nobody connected the dots. If your family finally has a name for what's been happening, this...