For as long as I can remember I have been in love with the movies. Movies are magic come to life. They transport you and let you escape. They make you feel a range of emotions but mostly they can make you believe. Movies give you hope for better things in a world...
On President’s Day, we honor two great men who have led this country through its creation and one of its most trying times – namely George Washington and Abraham Lincoln respectively. But, this holiday, I am going to celebrate the women - three of our First Ladies who...
As Glen Campbell takes the stage at the Grammy Awards tomorrow night and accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award, he does so as one of the more than five million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. What is inspiring about the 75-year-old Campbell’s Grammy...
As millions tune in to the Super Bowl this Sunday, I am cheering for one football wife who tackled her husband’s dementia with a game plan to keep their lives as normal as possible and in the process found her calling as a caregiving advocate. Her passionate plea to...
This week Diane Keaton published a memoir Then Again which is a wonderful journey through the lives of two women: Diane and her mother, Dorothy Hall. As opposed to some of the Mommie Dearest-type celebrity books, Diane weaves together her life and career with the...
We remember her as an icon of the 70s and 80s from controversial movies like Pretty Baby and those provocative Calvin Klein ads (“You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”). In recent years she has reinvented herself as a TV star (Lipstick...
Today, Reese Witherspoon showed her compassion by announcing she would not press charges against the older driver who hit the Academy Award-winning actress as she jogged in Santa Monica, California over a month ago. Thankfully Reese’s story does not have a...
For the last three years I have bestowed my own version of the Emmy Awards – something I call the CARE-Y Awards™ that acknowledges the TV programming that showcases caregivers and caregiving situations. I also have bestowed honors on those TV personalities and talent...
If there is one thing that is distinctly American – it is our pioneering spirit. Whether it was Lewis & Clark first exploring the country all the way to the Pacific Ocean (with more than a little help from Sacagawea), Neil Armstrong stepping foot on the moon and...
When Catherine Zeta Jones elegantly glided onto the Tony Awards stage this past Sunday in a stunning, sequined red gown, she symbolized the comeback that all caregivers who suffer from depression hope to have – that you can face those dark clouds knowing you will step...
The pilot episode of our new TV show, Handle With Care, is all about the wonderful products of the digital age -- how they keep older Americans connected to family, friends and the world and how this gives family caregivers better peace of mind. One of the great myths...
Today, Meredith Viera officially announced her long-rumored June departure as co-host of the top-rated morning TV program, “Today.” While many speculated that her retirement from morning television was due to a decline in health of her husband who lives with multiple...