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Celebrities
Stars Talk Healing Power of Music
Singers Glen Campbell and Holly Robinson Peete and Grammy legend Quincy Jones talk about their personal experiences with the therapeutic power of music. Click here to read more.
A Woman Tackles the NFL and Dementia
As Super Bowl Sunday gets underway today, 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...
Golden Girl Jodie Foster Shines a Spotlight on her Sandwich Generation Role
Sunday night was Jodie Foster’s night as she took the stage at the annual Golden Globe Awards to accept the Cecil B. DeMille Award for a Lifetime Achievement in Film. For more than 7 minutes she commanded the stage and a worldwide audience in a heartfelt stream of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...