I attended weekly support group while caring for my father who was diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. We felt we could go on forever when caregiving was unevent[...]
A little weekday FUN for caregivers. IMAGINE: Google’s and China-based Baidu’s self-driving cars, could make this a reality. Program the location and let your dog go on[...]
CAUTION: This is a FUNNY VIDEO that will have you shedding tears of laughter from more than your eyes! Caregiver, take a 7-minute respite and watch this funny scene from Whose Line[...]
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[...]