With more of us wanting to age at home, four authors offer tips to help us think about and prepare to safely manage activities of daily living and more.[...]
Wherever You Are – A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury by Cynthia Lim They met at age 18 while standing in line at college. Six years later, with their graduate degr[...]
It’s The Caregiver’s Voice 20th Anniversary! Twenty years ago, encouraged by support group members, The Caregiver’s Voice filled a void left by family caregivers [...]
Caregivers are a special breed of people who step up during a family crisis. Many times, they begin caregiving without knowing which steps to take. Eventually, they and their loved[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice will be publishing an updated Caregiver Resources page. The list will initially feature organizations focused on the needs of family caregivers and medi[...]
For National Family Caregivers Month, we review Merrill Lynch’s just-released 42-page Caregiving Study Report, entitled, The Journey of Caregiving: Honor, Responsibility and Financ[...]
How would you feel if the person you love and care for were called a zombie? That offends, does it not? Yet people with dementia are often referred to in various publications as be[...]
Karen Miller’s mother suffered a massive stroke at age fifty. “My mother’s stroke caused paralysis on her right side and took away her ability to speak. Also, she[...]
At Death’s Door brings to life the end of life. Many of us remain unaware of the important issues families face near the end of life. What does a DNR/DNI entail? What are the leadi[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice Reviews Ann Vanino’s Chrysalis – Transformation from the Inside Out There are two periods in a caregiver’s life when a metamorphosis occurs [...]
Carole Mulliken provides this month’s review of the book, The Inheritance for The Caregiver’s Voice REVIEW. If you are a caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s, [...]
