The Caregivers Voice



Knowledge, support, and humor for caregivers for people with dementia.


Recent Articles from The Caregiver's Voice



Caregiver TIPS

Genworth's Cost of Care tool
Revisiting the need for Long-Term Care Insurance—will you need it? Should you get it? How many years on average do people need to pay for care? The details.[...]

Inspiration for Caregivers

Phil Gard and his opening act for famous acts in Las Vegas,NV tcv
Caregiver, Linda Bauters's inspiring memories of her dad—opening for famous acts in Las Vegas and his gracious closing act living with dementia and Parkinson's.[...]

The Caregiver's Voice VIDEO Channel

Dementia The World's New Cancer Video screenshot
Fifty million people worldwide live with dementia. Watch this 8-minute video about one of them – U.S. Army veteran, Kenneth Keene Sr., who lives with frontotemporal lobe dementia. His son, part-time caregiver and companion, Ken Keene, assembled a talented team with the support of Dementia Soci[...]


Avadian's Musings

Click to view complete page of resident's experience living with Alzheimer's in a nursing home during pandemic- ADI Global Perspective July 2020
Three researchers and one resident offer two perspectives of quality of health during the COVID quarantine in nursing homes. It's complex but choice matters.[...]
Fast Food Chain Stores in the World 1971-2019
Brenda Avadian playing piano - Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah

Caregiver Humor

Avadian's Orange Tabby Cat's Tips on Caregiving
There are times we can learn unexpected lessons from the animal kingdom. An orange tabby cat with FIV and lymphoma taught me 5 Lessons of Caregiving.[...]

The Caregiver's Voice REVIEW

Front cover image of Home Hospice Navigation book by Judith R Sands
In Home Hospice Navigation – The Caregiver’s Guide, author, nurse, caregiver, Judith Sands, focuses on hospice – what it is, the personnel involved, when and how [...]

VOICES with Dementia

Phyllis Fehr - headshot
Fifty-eight-year-old Phyllis Fehr of Hamilton, Ontario was enjoying an eighty-degree sunny day at her home about an hour’s drive west of Niagara Falls, while I shivered in the low [...]

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