Following are Sherri's articles for Examiner.com: 7 Magnificent Ways the Sandwich Generation Can Avoid Burn-out 12 Tips to Help Prevent Parents from Falling Caregiving Matchmakers – How to Find “The One” for In-Home Care Glenn Close on Mental Illness Awareness Heroes...
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Caring.com Caregiver Profiles
Following are the caregiver profiles Sherri has contributed to Caring.com: Debi Cacace – Staying Connected With Her Father-in-Law Through Technology Diane McGunigle on Women, Caregiving and Heart Health Dr. Sally Brooks –A Doctor, A Daughter, A Caregiver First Lady...
Forbes Articles
Following are Sherri's articles for Forbes.com: Alzheimer’s Epidemic Hits Women Hardest B. Smith & Dan Gasby on Alzheimer’s Caregiving is a Corporate Issue Caregiver Tipping Points Casey Kasem’s Legacy for Caregivers Dark Side of Caregiving David Murdock –...
Suze Orman’s Lessons About Long Term Care After Caring for Her Mom
America's financial guru, Suze Orman dispenses expert advice via TV, radio, her books and her Web site on how to manage your money and make it work for you. But when she became a caregiver to her mother, she learned even experts encounter challenges that can cost...
Glenn Close Wants to Change Your Mind About Mental Illness
All caregiving can be exhausting, frustrating, overwhelming and stressful but for the caregivers of those with a mental health issue the societal stigma you face creates additional challenges. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in 4 adults...
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is when we "Think Pink" - everywhere you turn you are reminded 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Caregivers are often at greater risk because 23% were found to neglect their annual mammogram after age 50. Read our blogs all month...
National Health Literacy Month
October is National Health Literacy Month. For the nation's 65 million caregivers, you must be an educated, passionate advocate for your loved one. How health literate are you? Read Sherri Snelling's “Caregiving IQ” article for PBS Next Avenue to find out...
National Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 6-12
October is National Mental Illness Awareness Week October 6-12 and October 10 is National Depression Screening Day. More than 61 million Americans -- 1 in 4 -- suffer from mental illness. And the CDC recently reported suicides among boomers has increased 47-59% over...
September is National Prostate and Ovarian Cancer Month
In the U.S., 1 in 73 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 14,000 will die from the disease. Prostate cancer is of the most common cancer for men regardless of race or ethnicity with more than 200,000 new cases and 28,000 deaths each year. Annual...
12 Tips to Help Prevent Parents from Falling
September 22 is the first official day of fall as well as National Falls Risk Prevention Day. It's a great time for the 44 million caregivers of those over age 50 to brush up on tips to help prevent parents from falling. Check out Sherri Snelling’s article for...
Presenting the 5th Annual CARE-Y Awards
And the Awards Goes to . . . Fifth Annual CARE-Y Awards℠ – Caregivers on TV For the last five years I have bestowed my own version of the Emmy® Awards – something I call the CARE-Y Awards℠ that acknowledges both the reel stars and episodes in the past year’s TV...
World Alzheimer’s Day – Sept 21
More than 36 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease including 5.4 million Americans. September 21 is World Alzheimer's Day. Read Sherri Snelling's article for the Examiner on the latest research presented at the UCI Mind and Alzheimer's Association...