This brief video is a wonderful tribute to the young men and women of Middlebury College (Vermont) who have adopted Butch, a man with cerebral palsy. If you ever wonder if anyone w[...]

Every now and then, I step away from what I have scheduled for the day to catch up with informative yet touching caregiving articles that have been sent to The Caregiver’s Vo[...]

The Caregiver’s Voice received an obituary via eMail entitled, The Death of Common Sense. It was so good, I wanted to publish it here. But as often is the case with content f[...]

Four lessons learned while coping with the Station Fire, can help caregivers navigate along an uncertain and often bumpy terrain.[...]

With the fires looming and needing to evacuate, Ythis caregiver's words of gratitude are inspiring despite the loss she would soon endure.[...]

When the fire is getting close and you have to evacuate, you get a feel for what matters in life. The lessons are the same for caregiving.[...]

Martin Avadian's 100th Anniversary is on Sunday, August 22, 2010. At age eighty six, Avadian was diagnosed with dementia. His story is told in the book, "Where's my shoes?" My Fath[...]

While we Americans celebrate our 227th anniversary of independence from British rule on this Fourth of July, I reflect on a family tradition that has been the constant across the h[...]

When a loved one passes on, they will not be forgotten so long as someone remembers ... Yes, the two-year anniversary is coming up. The tears are fewer and farther between nowadays[...]

When a member of our community died two years ago, it was a major blow. He had been a cornerstone of our tiny enclave of tight-knit and aging-in-place families. His wife had moved [...]

Martin Avadian…March 31 Nine years ago this evening, a massive stroke took my father’s life. He had lived with Alzheimer’s for five years. In a way, he was fortun[...]