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Signs You’re Getting On the Caregiver Expressway
As families gather for Thanksgiving this week and throughout the holiday season, it’s an important time to pay attention to some early warning signs you are about to get on the caregiving expressway. If you live long-distance from older parents, in-laws or other loved...
Heroes on the Homefront – the Caregivers of Veterans
Today is Veterans Day when we honor those who have served our country at home and abroad to ensure our freedom. But it is not just our service men and women who make the sacrifices for freedom. I would also like to honor the 10 million family caregivers of our...
Brooke Shields: The Endless Love of Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s
On November 5, 2012, Brooke Shields lost her mom, Teri (age 79) who had long suffered from dementia. Here is the article Sherri Snelling wrote in 2011 about Brooke’s challenges as a Sandwich Generation caregiver. We remember her as an icon of the ‘70s and ‘80s from...
Sherri Snelling Recognized by SharecareNow and Dr. Oz
SharecareNow released its Top 10 Alzheimer's Influencers and named Caregiving Club CEO Sherri Snelling #4 on the list. Click here to read more about the Influencers list and Sharecare, online health and wellness site created by Dr. Oz.
Sherri Snelling Recognized As Top Alzheimer’s Influencer
SharecareNow, a partnership between Sharecare and powered by WCG, released is 2012 Top 10 Influencers on Alzheimer's disease and named Caregiving Club CEO, Sherri Snelling, #4 on the list. The Influencers List highlights individuals that are most effectively driving...
Presenting the Caregiver Bill of Rights for National Caregiver Month
When it comes to caring for a loved one – whether diagnosed with a disease, disorder or living with a disability – 65 million Americans today are performing as the unpaid, undervalued, unsung heroes of our long-term care system. Most caregivers – 66 percent of whom...
The Stars Come Out for Hope and Help to Conquer Diabetes
Barbara Davis is a small, slight woman who looked like a fairy princess at her recent gala event – but don’t be fooled – this woman is a giant force gathering L.A.’s finest to raise dollars and awareness for diabetes. For more than 35 years, her Carousel of Hope...
How to Celebrate Spa Week- Give a Caregiver a “Me Time” Massage
This week kicks off the nationwide effort called “Spa Week” a movement to have our over-stressed society pamper themselves. No group needs pampering more than caregivers – those 65 million Americans who are providing loving care to a parent who is getting older, a...
How to Decide if Your Caregiver Depression Is Situational or Serious
In recognition of National Depression Screening Day today, I shine the light on the dark shadows of caregiver depression. According to authors Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, depression is one of the five stages of grief. As a...
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. Addressing the need for greater understanding for mental illness,...
Celebrities In the Fight for the Cure for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer, as with all chronic illnesses, does not discriminate. Despite, race, religion, geography, age, gender, the size of your paycheck or the number of your friends or fans on Facebook, breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women and 1 in 1000 men with an estimated...
Caregiver Weight Connected to Breast Cancer Risk
It has long been suspected weight gain is a slippery slope to breast cancer risk. Now recent studies are not only supporting this claim but also showing weight loss – even just 10 percent of total body weight – may also help prevent breast cancer. If you are one of...
Welcome the Fall Season by Supporting National Falls Prevention Awareness
While Saturday marked the first official day of fall, this whole season is the kick-off to Falls Prevention Awareness. Falls – whether they happen in the home or just getting around town – are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older Americans. ...
And the Awards Goes to . . . Fourth Annual CARE-Y Awards™ – Caregivers on TV
For the last four 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 programs in the past year’s TV offerings and the real life caregivers who appear on TV. Here are my top picks for...
Girls on the Gridiron – Taking the Fight Against Alzheimer’s to the Field
It is officially fall and fall means football season – the fans, cheerleaders, Friday night lights, afternoon tailgaters, and Monday Night Football. When we think of football – we think of the gladiators of the gridiron. However, one of the best football games this...
9/11 Created Heroes and Caregivers
It’s been 11 years since the attacks on 9/11. Many today, including myself, are reflecting on those lost and honoring those heroes who emerged out of the ashes of Ground Zero, the Pentagon and the fields in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. We also honor our men and women...
Game Day – How a Football Wife Tackled Dementia and the NFL
Tonight starts a new NFL season but I want to share with you a story about football, courage, love and overcoming all obstacles. The following story is from an interview I did with Sylvia Mackey, wife of NFL Hall of Fame John Mackey of the Baltimore Colts. It is a...
Happy Birthday to Caregiving’s Pioneer – Rosalynn Carter
She said it first and she said it best: “There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” As one of the pioneers behind a growing...
6 Caregiver Bliss Tips for National Relaxation Day
Relaxation is one of those words that are hard to find in the Caregiving Dictionary. With 65 million Americans caring for a loved one – 24 million of which are Sandwich Generation juggling children, career and caregiving all at once – finding the time to relax is...
On Angel’s Wings – Alana Stewart Carries On After Caregiving for Farrah Fawcett
Some friendships last a lifetime. And, then there is Alana and Farrah. For Alana Stewart and the late Farrah Fawcett their friendship continues even though Alana lost her dear friend of more than 30 years in 2009. Theirs is a true love story – it’s about sharing...