Caregiver stress and the worry stone Do you have a worry stone? Many in ancient Greece carried smooth, mostly oval-shaped, stones with them. Whenever they felt stress or worry coming on, they would pull out the stone from their pocket and hold the stone between their index finger and thumb then proc[...]
Michael Ellenbogen was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at age 49. Ten years earlier, this husband and father lost his job as the network operations manager for a Fortune 500 financial firm. His razor-sharp concentration had been eluding him and despite his efforts to hide it, he began[...]
Where the hell is Matt? is an inspiring 5-minute video of one man’s journey to dance with people from diverse cultures around the world. If Matt can look silly the world over, what about YOU? Steal a moment each day and get silly…I mean really silly. Get up and get your body moving. Care[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice Archives section includes all of The Caregiver’s Voice articles from April 22, 2013 and earlier. All articles from April 25, 2013 and forward have new category labels that you’ll find when you hover over the Caregiving Topics pull-down menu. On April 25, 2013,[...]
Assisting Caregivers to Move Forward with Strength by Acknowledging their Situational Losses Guest post by Eleanor Silverberg The 3-A Acknowledge, Assess, Assist® Approach was developed to raise awareness, unmask and address the ambiguous losses that dementia caregivers experience. Even though the[...]
Have you ever noticed that mothers are the glue that holds families together? Mothers call their children and update them on what their sisters or brothers are doing, where they’re going, and what they’ve achieved. Mothers were the analog version of today’s virtual Facebook status [...]
Caregivers share funny stories with mothers in Finding the JOY in Alzheimer’s: Caregivers share the JOYFUL times Except for the first, the mothers featured in these stories were living with dementia. “What’s the name of that disease where you forget … ?” Diane Blake’s mother asked her ab[...]
Ways to prevent elderly trips and falls at home Guest post by Matthew Ward In the bedroom, the bathroom and the toilet there is the potential for elderly people to trip or fall and suffer physical harm. The CDC reports that deaths from falls among older people have risen greatly over the past decade[...]
Mem’ries – The way we are Enjoy this parody of Barbra Streisand’s hit, The Way we Were by Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist and animator Walt Handelsman [link to website unavailable] for AARP. And this is NOT about our loved ones with dementia. Nooooo. This is about US! Me! You?? E[...]
WELCOME to our newly redesigned The Caregiver’s Voice website. After months of planning and behind-the-scenes work, we are proud to introduce to you the newly redesigned The Caregiver’s Voice website. We hope you will agree that it is more intuitive and easier to navigate whether youR[...]
Adult Diapers Total 7% of U.S. Landfill Waste – How You Can Be a Part of the Solution Guest post by Mandy Harrell With Earth Day and Arbor Day right around the corner, it’s time to start looking at ways we can help the environment. There are steps caregivers and the more than 30 million Americans li[...]
UPDATED November 20, 2014: New Link to video Can we get along like these surprising interspecies opposites? Maybe there’s something we can learn from these interspecies friendships. At least we can sit back for 2 minutes and SMILE. ENJOY. Please click on this link if the video does not display[...]
