Caring.com announces their Caring Stars of 2013, featuring “America’s best assisted living and Alzheimer’s care communities.” These communities were selected from ratings and reviews posted to the Caring.com site “by senior residents, their families, and eldercare exper[...]
A tour bus driver is driving a bus load of seniors down a highway when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady. She offers him a handful of peanuts. He accepts and gratefully munches on them. About 15 minutes later, she taps him on his shoulder again and hands him another handful of peanut[...]
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the first printing of Finding the JOY in Alzheimer’s – When Tears are Dried with Laughter, we publish “What makes caregiving rewarding?” by Phyllis Major. (TCV Ed.) As a young child, I would run to my mother to complain that [...]
Three helpful steps you can take to return to a normal routine after being a caregiver. Guest post by Ron Whitaker Whether you were a primary caregiver or shared responsibility for caregiving being a caregiver had a major impact on your life. You may have had to cut back on work hours or resigned fr[...]
ENCORE – The Caregiver’s Voice (TCV) recognized the following Caregivers of the Month of 2012. This spring, The Caregiver’s Voice will launch a new website and a new TCV Features program, which will replace our Caregiver of the Month program. Click on the link or photo to be inform[...]
It’s almost the end of the month. What one step have you taken with one goal? “Yeah, yeah,” you say, “It’s only another year and a new month on the calendar.” Well, you’re right. It is. But it still is a popular milestone–like celebrating your birthday[...]
Late last year, I began brainstorming with Jessie Phillips of Jessie Design to create a new logo for The Caregiver’s Voice because the website is also being redesigned (see this coming Wednesday’s post). Jeniffer Thompson (Monkey C Media), her designer, Julio, and I had jointly created t[...]
Martha Stettinius’ Inside the Dementia Epidemic–A Daughter’s Memoir [TCV Update 9/17/2024 URL to InsideDementia no longer available.] is a deeply personal account of her fractured relationship with her mother–from when her mother threw her out of her house through her five-ye[...]
Guest Post by David Virden On average, caregivers devote 20 hours a week to caring for a loved one. Keeping love alive becomes a challenge. If you’re an unmarried caregiver for a parent with dementia, you may have noticed a slight downturn in your love life. Between that, a job, and kids, the last t[...]
This performance couldn’t happen today … nope, not with the stepped-up security since 9/11. And that’s what makes this all the more funny. Hold on tight for rib-cracking laughter! (TCV Ed.) Comedy juggler, Michael Davis, performs at the historic Ford’s Theater for the late Pr[...]
The number of people living with dementia in the UK is increasing as it is worldwide. In the U.S., we’ve witnessed a 35% increase in the last dozen years–from 4 million to 5.4 million. Steps are being taken in the UK to raise awareness of dementia. Hallmark Care Homes collated key statis[...]
Long-distance Caregiver in Ontario, Canada asks: How do I go about having my 93-year old aunt with dementia assessed? She does not want to leave her home. Yet, her neighbors (who referred us to you) have been assisting her with day to day living. My aunt has no family in the United States and lives [...]
