Nursing Home Abuse – Facts & Resources Guest Post by Amber Paley Today, there are about 16,000 nursing homes across the United States according to the Center of Disease Control (CDC) with an estimated 1.5 million residents and 936,000 nursing staff members [5/20/2024 TCV Update: URL to PDF[...]
Guest article by Elisabeth Paine, Alzheimer’s Caregiver At the age of 42, I married a wonderful man. John was intelligent, competent, independent, and fun. We laughed a lot. We talked about growing old together, traveling, and building memories. That vision shattered about eight years later wh[...]
Age-Activated ADD – Video Are there days when you’re geared up and ready to accomplish your To Do List? Do you finish everything? Or are you like most of us? At the end of the day you have NOT accomplished what you set out to do. How can this be? After all, you’ve been busy! [...]
Thank you for helping The Caregiver’s Voice Website and Blog be recognized as a FINALISTS in 2 categories of Senior Homes BEST of the Web (click on 2 links below): The Caregiver’s Voice Best Websites & Newsletters for Caregivers 2012 [Updated 10/2/2017 with available archived link] T[...]
When the world of caregiving descends upon your shoulders if you are not aware of what to expect, your experience will be a struggle. Elizabeth Tierney, author of Dignifying Dementia–A Caregiver’s Struggle, has a doctorate degree; yet, she encounters just as many obstacles as other caregivers while [...]
Guest Post by Sheri Zschocher I have been an Alzheimer spouse for four years. Today, I know more about the disease; for example, I know my husband, Bob, had it many years before he was officially diagnosed at age 64. Through this journey, I realize that Alzheimer’s disease has created a life of shad[...]
CONGRATULATIONS Cindi Braud for being named The Caregiver’s Voice Caregiver of the Month of March, 2012! (Cindi was nominated by her friend Tina Cantrell who submitted a list of reasons why Cindi should be recognized as Caregiver of the Month.) So many reasons to list – I hope I have roo[...]
The KeepItTogether KIT includes a comprehensive booklet with the forms you need to gather the details of your healthcare information. The KIT is a good tool regardless of your health. The idea is to keep all your healthcare details in one easy-to-manage place. It will also help keep you organized if[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice (TCV) Caregiver of the Month will be named March 1st. Meanwhile, TCV has partnered with best-selling inspirational romance author Robin Lee Hatcher to name our Heart of Gold Caregiver on April 1st. Heart of Gold Caregiver Nominations are still open. Nominations for The Ca[...]
The following was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University (or so it is said). Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake. The average person over 45 years of age cannot do it! 1.This is this cat. 2. This is is cat. [...]
A documentary starring Hollywood icon Mickey Rooney, Last Will and Embezzlement examines the financial exploitation of the elderly. The film was inspired by the recent, true-life events in the family of writer and producer Pamela Glasner, whose parents’ life savings were embezzled. In Glasner&[...]
Loved One Disappears from Nursing Home The phone rang. It was the sheriff’s deputy. Martin Avadian disappeared from the nursing home. What? Did I hear that correctly? Only twelve hours after my father walked across the threshold into a secured nursing facility, we received the worst possible news. A[...]
