{"id":319,"date":"2019-12-23T09:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/?p=319"},"modified":"2019-12-26T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:40:37","slug":"more-personal-moments-from-the-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/2019\/12\/23\/more-personal-moments-from-the-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"More Personal Moments From &#8216;The Caregivers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In this series we met North Texans navigating the legal and personal challenges of caregiving. Whether they are looking after a family member or helping children in need, these caregivers and their families all shared intimate moments with us \u2014 both joyous and challenging. Here are some of those moments that didn&#8217;t make it into the initial stories in the series, shared as audiograms.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Tech Guerrero<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_382\" style=\"max-width:100%;  width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-382 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-2000x1357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-2000x1357.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-1360x923.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-800x543.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-450x305.jpg 450w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0110519KERAtech0011-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"style=\"max-width:100%;  width: 900px\" >Tech Guerrero (top) and his husband Michael Street have optimized their Dallas home for the comfort of Guerrero\u2019s mother, Maria Luisa Castillo Rocha. \/ Photo: Allison V. Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After she was diagnosed with dementia, Tech Guerrero and his husband convinced Tech\u2019s mother, Maria Luisa Castillo Rocha, to leave her home in Mexico City and move in with them in Dallas. But she still has insurance in Mexico City, and Tech has traveled across the border multiple times, to take Maria Luisa to specialists and restock her medication. The family took a trip to Mexico City earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\">\n<div style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-319-1\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Tech-Guerrero-audiogram.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Tech-Guerrero-audiogram.mp4\">http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Tech-Guerrero-audiogram.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half last\"><i>\u201cIt was about mental health, connecting with her diverse group of friends, and it was about feeling some TLC, you know? Talking about memories and talking about her new life cycle here in the States with her two sons.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Tech Guerrero &#8211; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Debbie Spruell<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_264\" style=\"max-width:100%;  width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-264\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-2000x1333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-1360x907.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0245-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"style=\"max-width:100%;  width: 900px\" >Debbie Spruell (front) sings with other members of the choir at Straightway Church in Burleson, Texas. She says singing in the choir brings her comfort from the struggles of her life at home. \/ Photo: Allison V. Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fort Worth mother Debbie Spruell is a caregiver to her 30-year-old son, Jermaine Hayley. She says she didn\u2019t know a lot about schizophrenia when Hayley was diagnosed with the mental illness about 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\">\n<div style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-319-2\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Debbie-Spruell-audiogram.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Debbie-Spruell-audiogram.mp4\">http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Debbie-Spruell-audiogram.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half last\">\u00a0<i>\u201cHe started having issues probably when he was about 17-and-a-half, 18. He was just like paranoid about a lot of things. &#8216;Someone&#8217;s bugging my phone.&#8217; Or if he bought certain foods, he would look at it and say, &#8216;well, this is not my food.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Debbie Spruell &#8211;<\/i> <\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Justin Hayley<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_341\" style=\"max-width:100%;  width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-341\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-2000x1333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-1360x907.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/0111019KERAcaregiver0488-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"style=\"max-width:100%;  width: 900px\" >Debbie Spruell and another of her sons, Justin Hayley, outside the Straightway Church in Burleson, Texas. \/ Photo: Allison V. Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another one of Spruell&#8217;s sons, Justin Hayley, says it&#8217;s been tough to see his brother Jermaine struggle. Jermaine lives with Debbie, while the rest of his siblings have moved out.\u00a0Justin says the family is constantly thinking about his brother&#8217;s mental health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\">\n<div style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-319-3\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Justin-Hayley-Audiogram-1.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Justin-Hayley-Audiogram-1.mp4\">http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Justin-Hayley-Audiogram-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half last\">\u00a0<i>&#8220;Sometimes it&#8217;s kind of hard to get through to him, so it just depends on the state that he&#8217;s in at the time, but when he&#8217;s doing good, he remembers things, and we can have conversations about past experiences and memories and stuff, so that kind of helps.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Justin Hayley &#8211; <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half\">\n<div style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-319-4\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Justin-Hayley-Audiogram-2.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Justin-Hayley-Audiogram-2.mp4\">http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/Justin-Hayley-Audiogram-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half last\"> <i>\u201cWe have to kind of incorporate how he is now into everything that we do, so it&#8217;s just like, if we make a plan, we have to&#8230; make sure he&#8217;s OK, so it&#8217;s just kind of hard.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Justin Hayley &#8211;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/\"><em>Explore the series On Our Minds: The Caregivers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this series we met North Texans navigating the legal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-our-minds-the-caregivers","post_format-post-format-audio","byline-syeda-hasan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/caregivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}