Are you a caregiver? If so, the Empowered Caregiver Network needs your thoughts on your greatest challenges, your information needs, and how you prefer to have those needs filled. Please take five minutes to complete this brief survey [Link unavailable] to help further shape a monthly telephone-base[...]
CONGRATULATIONS Bob Roney The Caregiver’s Voice Caregiver of the Month. I am nominating my dad, Bob Roney, who has been caring for my mom who has Alzheimer’s, for 7 years. He listens patiently, and is willing to explain things over and over, and to remind her over and over where they ar[...]
Molly Best Tinsley gives us a touching memoir of a family’s passages through life in Entering the Blue Stone. [TCV Update 11-5-2023 URL yields a 404 error] Bill Best was a USAF General who found the right way to do everything then made sure his wife and four children learned how to do thi[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice receives eMails every day from potential guest bloggers. Quality articles are a great way to share information while increasing awareness of important issues of interest to caregivers. The Caregiver’s Voice welcomes original articles (not published elsewhere) that g[...]
Enjoy how these three graphics explain aging. To view larger, click each (will open in new page). My life broken down into segments. The older couple at the end of the counter. The Wheels of Life Thank you, Mary Barrass for sharing these with The Caregiver’s Voice. Brenda Avad[...]
Golden Globe® and Emmy® award winning actor Kelsey Grammer, star of the critically acclaimed STARZ Original series “Boss,” presents a public service announcement (PSA) to raise awareness about a degenerative brain disorder affecting 1.3 million Americans. See the PSA below. Grammer port[...]
Tomorrow is my birthday! I’m celebrating another 50+ birthday tomorrow. Instead of feeling older, I feel wiser. I’ve been on this earth for over a half century. Gee, when I put it that way, I feel OLD! Anyway, I get to do what I want on my birthday. Life’s Responsibilities The prob[...]
Look Back – Ads from Yesteryear While going through piles of paperwork lately, I’ve been reflecting on life. I call this: look back to learn forward. It is part of my ongoing process to declutter. When my longtime friend, Sharon Price sent an eMail with print ads from 50 and 60 years ago[...]
The Lewy Body Dementia Association has invited The Caregiver’s Voice to help recognize a Caregiver of the Month who best cares for one with Lewy Body Dementia. Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects an estimated 1.3 million individuals and their families in the United States. It is currently widely [...]
Amazing photos from the first half of 2012 Large or small, landscape or microscape, human or animal, these 49 photos will amaze, enthrall, inspire, and awe. Click on link below. Each features a label on the top Most Spine Tingling Photos – izismile.com Thank YOU, Mary Barrass for bringing this[...]
Katie Klink is a PhD student doing research on Young Onset Alzheimer’s impact on the family. Please read her letter below and help her to better educate healthcare providers. Share this with others who qualify. Someday, you may be the beneficiary of her research. TCV Ed. Hello, my name is Ka[...]
Guest post by Erin Palmer You may need a Home Aide When an aging loved one is no longer able to live independently, it is tempting to jump into the role of caregiver yourself. However, it is not a responsibility to be entered into lightly. You may want to consider the points in the post, To Be or No[...]
