Women Caregivers – Disproportionate Share
[TCV Update 11/30/2020: The title URL no longer links to the intended content.] Worldwide, women provide 71% of care hours and many, without pay. This has dire consequences, including retiring in poverty due to lost wages while caregiving.
The need for caregivers is rising, from 50 million people diagnosed with dementia according to Alzheimer’s Disease International to an estimated 152 billion people in about three decades. With one person diagnosed every three seconds and more than 95% of people with dementia in lower and middle-income countries living at home, we will have a crisis on our hands.
WHY Do We LOVE Classic TV Shows?
[12/4/2019 UPDATED url with web archive link due to it being broken.]”Everyone loves classic TV shows because classic TV shows have always been lovable – and likable…and easy to understand and to watch,” according to Writer and Producer, Herbie Pilato.
“There is no dark lighting…no murmuring characters or dialogue spoken by diction-less actors. There is no sound quality imbalance, and the story-telling is solid.”
Hormones May Protect Women from Alzheimer’s, After all
If the research in this article is accurate, millions of women like me who don’t fit the criteria below, may be destined to live with Alzheimer’s… but when?
“Having more than one child is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s, research finds, as is starting menstruation earlier in life than average and menopause later.” It also helps to start estrogen therapy between 50 and 54 years of age with no more hot flashes.
Thank you, Ann Vanino for sharing this eye-opening article.
Re-Examining Our Lives Before It’s Too Late
While these 12 areas may focus on our careers many of the observations are applicable to caregivers. Reexamining how we operate in our lives and taking care of ourselves will place us in a better position to take on whatever the world throws at us.
Alzheimer’s: what if drug companies were owned by the millions waiting for a cure?
Got spare change? Entrepreneur, Max Tokarsky proposes a new model, called Common Need Investment where with enough people giving up their spare change (rounding up to the nearest dollar on credit card transactions) will fund drug companies to find a cure. In theory, the power and contribution of individuals together can be massive. Let’s see how this unfolds!
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How America Uses Its Land
Dave Merrill and Lauren Leatherby take a thought-provoking look at land-use in the 48-contiguous states of America. Crops constitute 21% – most of this is for livestock feed and for exports. One-third of our land is for pastures and ranges for cattle to graze. While 80% of our population resides in urban areas, these comprise only a mere 4% of the land area.
