My father, Martin Avadian, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 86 by a geriatric assessment team shortly before a cowboy invited him to participate in a clinical drug study[...]
Time for a caregiver respite. With the year-end Holidays drawing near, it’s time to take stock of who sits around your dinner table. Are your family members a bunch of animal[...]
Sheri Zschocher began blogging in 2008 to cope with caring for her husband who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As a caregiver, she has found a sense of humor with humility. W[...]
Researchers (allegedly) 😉 at Harvard University’s School of Psychiatry developed this test of Mental Age. Don’t feel bad. Some days we feel older than other days. But r[...]
Sometimes, LIFE’s a mess for caregivers and it helps to just sit back and LAUGH… especially, when it’s someone else’s mess! This is JUST too cute to pass up[...]
Dear Caregiver, Are you rushing to get the next thing done… and then the next? We all do, from time to time. But if we rush too much and for too long, we’ll miss what i[...]
Caregiver, you deserve a RESPITE. These are the kinds of moments that leave us smiling and finding the JOY in Caregiving. ENJOY a bit of FUN! You deserve it! I’m wondering, &[...]
Encore: Whose casa is mi casa? Thank YOU, Right at Home of Calgary, Alberta (Canada) for sharing Humour for the Caregiver on Wellness [TCV Update 12/19/2021: URL no longer availabl[...]
A Bedtime Story – Finding the JOY in Caregiving for one with Alzheimer’s Guest story by Marion Riley My husband, Don, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1992. Do[...]
Time to Create Our OWN Caregiver HUMOR Caregivers, in order to survive and thrive, we need to find JOY in each day. Sometimes, it’s something that our loved one does that bri[...]
Really? That innocent face couldn’t steal Christmas! Watch this video as you listen to the poem with a delightful twist. And remember, whether you’re naughty or nice[...]
