Family and professional CAREGIVER NOMINATIONS are now open for The Caregiver’s Voice (TCV) Caregiver of the Month (CotM) recognition program. It may be summertime, but a caregiver’s work never ends. Nominate a caregiver who you feel deserves recognition. You will lift a spirit and help [...]
Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones–Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest spoke at last year’s TEDMed conference. The lessons Buettner learned from Blue Zone cities are applicable to most of us–especially, caregivers whose attention is often di[...]
Claire Abel, The Caregiver’s Voice Caregiver of the Month of January 2012, still finds joy in caregiving. Read her story here and learn how she finds joy in caregiving next week when we feature Part 2. (TCV Ed.) Finding My Own Joy in Caregiving — Part 1 of 2 Guest Post by Claire Abel My [...]
Happy Father’s Day! Know that you live on through your children. Your life and what you stand for is reflected in each decision your children make and the actions they take. They are forever a part of you. Brenda Avadian, MA Alzheimer’s / Dementia Caregiver, Expert Spokesperson, Coach, [...]
The latest figures about Alzheimer’s in an easy-to-read Alzheimer’s Infographic. Fedelta Care Solutions compiled this graphic overview of Alzheimer’s including the current numbers of people in America living with Alzheimer’s top organizations that are funding research, histor[...]
It’s time to come out of the closet. The sooner we admit to being a caregiver the sooner we can get help along the caregiving journey. I was in denial for three years while being a long-distance caregiver for my widowed father–certainly not your poster child for self-identifying as a car[...]
50 Lessons Learned from Bicycling 17,300 Miles Idaho-based John and Nancy Vogel, long-time school teachers, decided life is to short to spend in a classroom. They quit their jobs and with their two sons, began a three-year adventure of a lifetime. The Vogel family bicycled 17,300 miles from Alaska t[...]
Have you raced to be on time for your appointment only to learn the person is not there? If you’re like most of us, it’s happened to you…at least once. It’s downright irritating, isn’t it? You rush to wrap things up before racing out the door and drive fast (even riskin[...]
CONGRATULATIONS Mabel Ann Romick for being named The Caregiver’s Voice Caregiver of the Month My mother should not only be Caregiver of the Month, but Caregiver of the Century. –Deborah Schultz, daughter My father has had Alzheimer’s for about 12 years. I realize that other people [...]
The Caregiver’s Voice Caregiver of the Month will be announced tomorrow morning (June 1st) in the U.S. Nominate TCV’s next Caregiver of the Month. Submit your CAREGIVER NOMINATIONS for both family and professionals for July. Self-nominations are also welcome. Click on Caregiver of the Mo[...]
People with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive impairing diseases often say, “I want to go home.” ASK TCV My father who is in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s keeps saying, “I want to go home.” Then he starts walking out the door. How do we handle this situati[...]
Those who spend time waiting in a doctor’s office should appreciate this! Those who work in a doctor’s office may learn something from this! Here’s what happened when Kevin went to the doctor with shingles. Kevin walked into a doctor’s office and the receptionist asked[...]
