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Rochelle Long

Rochelle Long

Rochelle Long is an Ohio resident and caregiver who advocates for comprehensive paid family and medical leave.

COMMENTARY

Caregivers are voters to reckon with this November

By: - October 29, 2020

I say goodbye to a different part of my mother every day. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, my mother’s Alzheimer’s disease has gotten worse — faster — than in the 13 years since she was diagnosed. First, she stopped recognizing me, the eldest of her five children, even though we live together. Today, at 83, my […]