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5 Trends for 2021 Universal Design and Décor In the Home
Each year, experts at Elle Décor, Veranda, Architectural Digest, Domino, HGTV Magazine and more let us in on future home décor trends. Using my gerontological eye I curated these 2021 trends into my design for life plans – a custom blend of beauty and practicality for...
Bring the New Jazz Age from The Plaza Hotel to Your Home
It has been a century since F. Scott Fitzgerald dazzled the world with his literary brilliance typing out “This Side of Paradise,” “The Beautiful and the Damned” and his masterwork “The Great Gatsby” on his portable Remington.
Universal Design Basics: The Bathroom
Most owners of older homes, even those with recent bathroom renovations, do not plan ahead for their future health needs. As we age, challenges with mobility, standing, bending, reaching, visual impairment and other issues all can lead to safety hazards in our bathrooms. In addition, technology and medical innovators are looking at the bathroom as the new “health hub” where tracking and analyzing various health data can support prevention and management of chronic disease.
Our Origin Story: The Snug Home
I have always lived life with rose-colored glasses. I have also designed my life and my home with the alchemy of past memories (family and friends) blended with modern sensibility and style. When I first decided I wanted to write about universal home design from the...
Our Passion and Purpose at The Snug Home
As a caregiving expert and influencer, I know the desire to stay in our homes as long and independently as possible, something industry insiders call “aging in place (AiP),” is what 9 in 10 people over age 65 wish. Currently most of the focus on AiP is on health needs...
Flip the Switch on New Year’s Resolutions: Use Brain Science for Long-lasting Healthier Behavior
It is that time of year again where many will pledge to give up a bad habit or achieve a new goal in the new year. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that they don’t work. Despite the challenges faced in 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic, one survey from...
Our Present for Caregivers: How to Achieve Mindfulness This Holiday Season
This holiday season will likely be very different for many of us. Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic continue to make it difficult and, in some cases, unsafe to gather with friends and family to celebrate the season. As we observe physical distancing recommendations,...
November is About Giving and the Gift of Self-Care
November is the month for giving and gratitude. Starting with the Thanksgiving holiday gathering family and friends followed by #GivingTuesday (held every year the Tuesday after Thanksgiving), the day Americans donate to favorite charities and nonprofits and give back...
8 Best Practices of Emotionally Intelligent Caregivers
Caregiving can be an emotional roller coaster, with ups and downs and everything in between. Some days you will feel in control, while on others days you will feel overwhelmed and uncertain. Managing your emotions requires certain skill but, if successful in...
Celebrity Spotlight – Caregiving Conversation with Kelly Conway
Sherri recently interviewed Kelly Conway, daughter of TV icon Tim Conway on a fun-filled childhood and caregiving challenges for the Caregiving Club On Air podcast and PBS Next Avenue article.
How Gratitude Can Become a Powerful Tool for Caregivers
September is a time of transition. The warm summer days start to turn into cool fall nights. A light breeze means throwing on a sweater or a blanket onto the bed. Traditionally, it’s also a time for returning to school or work after the summer holiday. However, this...
Summer Self-Care for Caregivers Is About Relationships and Relaxation
In August, we celebrate both National Friendship Day (August 2) and National Relaxation Day (August 15). Together these days make the perfect prescriptions for caregiver self-care; finding time for emotionally supportive relationships and time to relax and just...
How to Conquer Anxiety By Replacing Fear with Control
The Holy Grail for family caregivers is learning how to find calm in the chaos. Right now, that search feels even more challenging in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, social justice concerns and protests, and economic uncertainty. As these life stressors...
Caregiver Monday Playlist – Mondays, Sunshine and Motivation
This weekend we offer caregivers a few things to help make self-care easy and fun. First, Saturday, June 20, is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. With more sunlight hours (actually 3 hours and 17 minutes more daylight than during winter solstice in...
Boosting Brain Health for Female Family Caregivers
Woman are uniquely challenged with it comes to brain health. According to the latest Alzheimer’s Association Fact & Figures Report, two-thirds of all Alzheimer’s cases are women. Meanwhile, more than 10 million wives, daughters, granddaughters, sisters or...
Honoring America’s Largest Volunteer Health Care Army – Family Caregivers
May is a very special month in the world of family caregiving: We celebrate Mother’s Day, Military Families and Caregivers and Older Americans Month. More than 40 million family caregivers for older adults comprise the largest volunteer health care army in the nation...
Joan Lunden Serves Up Healthy Aging With a Big Dose of Humor
Our CEO, Sherri Snelling, has interviewed Joan Lunden several times over the last few years about several of her life transitions: caregiving for her brother and mother long-distance, fighting and surviving breast cancer, being part of the Sandwich Generation, healthy...
Caregiver Stress Relief
Stress is the No. 1 complaint when it comes to a caregiver’s own health and wellness, finding stress relief is just one more thing caregivers have to do. When you are burning the candle at both ends, you have reached burn-out and this can seriously impact your...
Caregiver Stress Can Accelerate Age But Can You Slow It Down?
Special Coronavirus Message and Tips:The COVID-19 pandemic and its requirement of social distancing has exacerbated the negative health impact of stress for many family caregivers concerned about their older loved ones who are most at risk. We recognize that now, more...
Gerontologist Sherri Snelling Featured TV Expert
Our CEO, Sherri Snelling, recently appeared on “The Doctors” TV show which focused on the Alzheimer’s crisis. Speaking on the program as a gerontologist specializing in dementia and caregiver wellness, Sherri explained the difference between Alzheimer’s and...