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Peer support, programs, and advocacy for the spouses/partners of people with illness or disability

Find us at wellspouse.org and:

- Facebook (facebook.com/groups/spousalcaregivers)
- Twitter ()
- Reddit (reddit.com/r/WellSpouses/)
- YouTube (youtube.com/user/wellspouse02)
- GuideStar (guidestar.org/profile/36-3651073)

Find a support group here - https://wellspouse.org/events/events-calendar/calendar-by-month.html

10/14/2026

Need help finding your way through the wilderness of caregiving? We understand. Caregivers need rescuing too. And none of us have to do it alone.

Join us to talk with author Virginia Eubanks about her journey of caring for her partner through PTSD after a violent attack, and what it taught her about caring for others and for yourself. On the broader picture, she has said: “We can’t leave caregivers to solve that on their own.”

Caregivers, mental health professionals, and anyone who supports the caregiving community are welcome. No reading required. Come and take with you whatever helps.

Friday, October 16, at 7:30 PM ET. Registration link in comments.

10/13/2026

When did you realize you needed rescuing too, not just your spouse?

A lot of us spend years making sure everything for our ill spouse or partner is handled, and somewhere along the way notice we’re running on nothing, but keep going. Was there a moment when you noticed?

We’re asking because author Virginia Eubanks, who cared for her partner through PTSD after a violent attack, is joining us to talk about her new memoir, “A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving.” In this book, she answers that question (when she noticed she needed rescuing too) and many more that relate to love, care, and survival.

Join us on Friday, October 16, 7:30–9:00 PM ET. We highly recommend Virginia’s new book to all caregivers. We also understand that your time is limited, so please join us whether you’ve read the book yet or not.

Registration link in comment below.

10/06/2026

Join us for an evening with author Virginia Eubanks. Her new memoir is about caregiving through her partner's PTSD, framed through wilderness/water-rescue metaphors. We will discuss her new book and the lessons learned on love, care, and survival - like these 8 lessons below.

Come with your thoughts and questions or just come to listen. Either way, we welcome you to join us for an interesting evening together.

Date: Friday, October 16
Time: 7:30–9:00 PM ET

Register today - Link in first comment below. Event is free to WSA members. Open to all. Non-members $15. $2.95 registration applies to all for WSA processing.

Virginia Eubanks

10/02/2026

We highly recommend this book "A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival!" It’s captivating and is a hopeful love story about two people trying not just to survive, but to truly care for each other.

As a fellow well spouse, author Virginia Eubanks, is now bringing her story to this community. The New York Times called it "profoundly moving": "There's an admirable rigor to Eubanks's account. She really does dive into the wreck."

Join us for a special book discussion with Virginia, whose new memoir, tells the story of caregiving through her partner's PTSD after a violent attack - told through the language of wilderness and water rescue. As Virginia puts it: no one survives the wilderness alone.

Join us Friday, October 16 (7:30–9:00 PM ET)

Grab the book now and come ready to talk.

Registration link in comment below.

09/28/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us Thursday night for Navigating Partner Caregiving. You brought real questions, and our panelists brought real answers.

Thank you to WSA board members and panelists, Bob, Jerry, Kim, Barry, and former president Laurel for speaking so openly about what it's like to be a spousal caregiver, how a marriage changes shape, working and raising a family while caregiving, and life after loss. All of you volunteer your time and experience to this community on top of your own caregiving — thank you!

And to everyone who showed up, asked a question, or just listened — you are not doing this alone.

Our next event will be an author talk with Virginia Eubanks, Friday, October 16 (7:30–9:00 PM ET). Virginia's memoir, "A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival," was published last month and tells the story of how she tried to rescue her husband and learned she'd have to rescue herself too. et the book and join us!

[OCT 16 REGISTRATION LINK in COMMENT BELOW]

09/24/2026

Looking forward to this event tonight because it will be something a little different from what we've done before. Navigating Partner Caregiving, will be a live panel discussion with well spouses speaking from real experience. Not theory or lecture, just honest conversation.

Don't miss this one — tonight, 7:30–8:30 PM ET.

It's also a great chance to connect with WSA board members:

You'll hear from Kim Smits on raising kids while caregiving, Barry Appelbaum on how a relationship changes shape through caregiving, and Laurel Wittman, former WSA President, on the particular challenges of being a younger spousal caregiver — plus WSA board members, Bob our president and Jerry our chairman, on hand for the harder logistical questions.

This kind of conversation doesn't happen often. Bring your questions. Registration open until 5:00pm ET today!

09/22/2026

HAPPENING THIS WEEK — DON'T MISS IT: Navigating Partner Caregiving,

On Thursday, September 24, Well Spouse is hosting an online panel discussion about what this role is REALLY like - with real lessons learned from spousal/partner caregivers who've navigated similar paths and time built in for your questions.

Join us on September 24 at 7:30 -8:30 pm ET
Learn more and register info in the first link below.

09/14/2026

Hard to believe summer's officially over and we're in all things fall season. If you're like most caregivers, you're probably wondering where it went. There was no time for sun, fun, and vacation…because caregiving is a role that rarely allows for breaks and requires 24/7 attention. Between managing calendars, meds, and moods, you're probably still running on fumes.

And what most people don't understand is that the hardest part isn't always the caregiving. Sometimes the hardest part is sitting in the same room as the person you love and feeling completely, utterly alone. Not alone because they don't love you or because you've stopped loving them but alone because the relationship changed. Because the partnership shifted. Because the person who used to be the one you talked to at the end of the day is now the person you're talking about to doctors, to insurance companies, to anyone who will listen.

On Thursday, September 24, Well Spouse is hosting an online panel discussion about what this role is really like - with real lessons learned from spousal/partner caregivers who've navigated similar paths and time built in for your questions.

Join us on September 24 at 7:30-8:30 pm ET
Learn more and register info in the first link below.

09/08/2026

A well spouse is the partner who is well — physically, at least — while their spouse or partner lives with a serious illness, injury, or disability. It isn't a diagnosis. It's a role: partner, nurse, advocate, decision-maker, and everything in between, often all at once.

5.7 million Americans are living this role right now. And spousal caregiving looks different from other kinds of family caregiving. It tends to be more medically intensive. It often lasts for years, sometimes decades. And two out of three spousal caregivers are doing it without any paid or unpaid help at all.

The relationship changes too — not just who does what, but the shape of the partnership itself. The losses aren't only practical. They're personal: intimacy, companionship, the version of your life you expected to be living.

Well Spouse Association exists because this role is different enough, and isolating enough, that it needed its own community. Since 1988, we've been that community for spousal and partner caregivers.

If you are a well spouse, you aren’t alone. We are here to help. Well Spouse provides monthly support groups, events, resources and a community of others like you who understand.

Address

63 W. Main Street Suite H
Freehold, NJ
07728

Telephone

+17325778899

Website

http://wellspouse.org/

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