I am sixty something and Mom is in her eighties and living with breast cancer. She has decided not to receive treatment. So far Mom has no pain and I am living with her to enjoy th[...]
This is one in a series of articles following up on Make a Bucket List for the Year. How would you like to look forward to something exciting, new, and different every month? Creat[...]
About five years ago, I hiked up to the top of Mt. Baden Powell. A four-mile hike up to 9,400 feet the trail features about 40 switchbacks. The night after the hike and while my hu[...]
Anthony Cirillo, Healthcare Marketing Strategist, is conducting a brief survey to determine interest in a smartphone app for caregivers. He invites all caregivers to complete the C[...]
Want to add excitement to your daily grind? You can. Choose to have one new experience every month. After failing, for two years, to live by my Keep It Simple (KIS) theme, when 201[...]
To better serve The Caregiver’s Voice nominee finalists and selection committee, we are moving the due date earlier— from the 20th to the 15th of every month. This will[...]
I love my mother deeply. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It seemed to come on suddenly, while she was staying with my brother. That I might be losing my mother was a mo[...]
Answers to the following questions given by 2nd graders: Why did God make mothers? She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. Mostly to clean the house. To help u[...]
Baby Boomers have been credited with and blamed for many things over the years including free thinking to outright greed. During the years following World War II–from 1946 to[...]
Since Nitin Samtani was 13, he has been taking care of his paralyzed mother. She suffered a severe stroke 16 years ago; a result of an aneurysm that almost killed her. After awakin[...]
She cradled me and marveled at me. She sang to me, held my hand and comforted me. She cleaned up my spills and forgave me for everything. She made my Christmas stocking. She smocke[...]
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. With women (wives, daughters, daughter-in-laws) being the majority of caregivers, The Caregiver’s Voice shares A Toast to Women*[...]
