HOLIDAY EPISODE: KISA HEYER – THE DREAM FOUNDATION, Older Adult Health and Sleep Studies; Older Driver Safety Week, Uber Caregiver App, Free Respite Care, 4th Annual Holiday Gift Guide Preview & It’s a Wonderful Life Lessons
For our Holiday episode in December we have a lot of “goodies” for you including a wonderful interview on how to help adults with terminal illness live out their dreams.
Kisa Heyer – CEO of the Dream Foundation – Kisa shares the wonder of this nonprofit that focuses on adults and their end-of-life dreams and how you can help make them happen for your loved one and for others.
Caregiver Wellness News
In CAREGIVER WELLNESS NEWS, Sherri talks about two new studies: the 4th Annual Older Adult Health Survey from Independa; and a sleep science study from UCSF on how our brains age if we do not get good restorative sleep (article and full study). She also shares the tips from her “Me Time Monday” book on sleep health – how to get to sleep and stay asleep for restorative physical and emotional repair during sleep and how sleep improves brain health.
Sherri also offers several resources to help caregivers find respite care to get a break during the holidays: including ARCH National Respite Network, USAging’s Elder Care Locator, some disease nonprofits such as Hilarity for Charity (HFC) offer respite scholarships funds called “care grants” to caregivers of those with dementia and Alzheimer’s, the Veterans Administration (VA) provides 30 hours of free respite care to caregivers of veterans.
Sherri also gives a sneak peek into our 4th Annual Caregiving Club Holiday Guide. This year we produced separate videos for the three gift categories – you can watch CAREGIVER WELLNESS and OLDER ADULT WELLNESS here:
Well Home Design News
For WELL HOME DESIGN NEWS, Sherri talks about December 4-8 which is National Older Driver Safety Week and what are the tips around keeping our older loved ones safe in their cars but also to keep them socially active and not just sitting at home alone. She shares resources such as CarFit through the Automobile Cluf of America or having a loved one improve spatial perception and reaction times while driving through brain exercises from brainHQ can help be the first steps in older driver safety. Another alternative may be using rideshare and Sherri tells us how the new Caregiver App from Uber Health works to give free rides to older adults.
Sherri also shares some of the fun stuff from our 4th Annual Caregiving Club Holiday Gift Guide on Wellness for the Home (you can also watch our previous year’s gift selections on our Holiday Gift Guide playlist on YouTube).
Pop Culture
In our Pop Culture segment, Sherri talks about the last chapter from her “Me Time Monday” book called “Me Time Monday for a Wonderful Life.” She talks about how there are lessons in the classic holiday movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life” and captures 7 lessons from the main character, George Bailey, in our “Self Care in 7 Minutes” video as part of our Me Time Monday Wellness Hacks.
You can also enjoy all of our “Self-Care in 7 Minutes” series of wellness hack videos (each only 7 minutes long) from Sherri’s “Me Time Monday” book on our YouTube channel
RESOURCE LINKS
Elder Care Locator – eldercare.gov or call 1-800-677-1116
“Self-Care in 7 Minutes” Wellness Hack Video Series
Click here to find out where to buy Sherri’s Me Time Monday book and learn more about the workshops
Sherri’s Me Time Monday book GoodReads page
Sherri’s articles related to this episode
Caregiver Wellness
Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life
Sherri Snelling’s interview with Authority on brain health and wellness
How family caregivers can use a Monday routine to reset self-care – Considerable
How Mondays Can Help Caregivers to Overcome Loneliness and Improve Health – Epoch Times
What Suze Orman Learned Caring for Her Mother – Forbes
Joan Lunden on challenges, guilt and caregiving – PBS Next Avenue
Sandwich Generation Juggling Act – Forbes
9 Ways Caregivers Can Get a Free Respite Break – PBS Next Avenue
Caregiving Communication and Senior Driving
Difference in Caring for Moms versus Dads – PBS Next Avenue
What Is Your Caregiver IQ? PBS Next Avenue
Social Media Dangers for the Modern Caregiver – Forbes
Tipping Points for Caregivers – Forbes
How to Have the CARE Conversation – USA Today
Can caregiver guilt be good for you? (PBS Next Avenue)
When Parents Face Driving Retirement – Alternative Senior Transportation – PBS Next Avenue
Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s App Uses Singing to Boost Mood (PBS Next Avenue)
Alzheimer’s Epidemic Hits Women Hardest (Forbes)
New Research Sheds Light on Why More Women Are Impacted by Alzheimer’s (Forbes)
Wonder Women: Former First Lady Laura Bush and an all-woman brain trust join the brain health movement (ThriveGlobal)
Can Loneliness Increase Your Alzheimer’s Risk? (USA Today)
Creating Dementia Friendly Home Design (USA Today)
First U.S. Dementia Village (Forbes)
New Research Finds Flu And Pneumonia Vaccines May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk (Forbes)
A New Study Reveals A Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease & Environmental Risks (PBS Next Avenue)
New Studies Find 9/11 Responders May Have Increased Dementia Risk (PBS Next Avenue)
A Trio of Alzheimer’s Studies Asks ‘Is U.S. Healthcare System Ready for This Epidemic?’ (PBS Next Avenue)
USC Rock Stars of Alzheimer’s Share Latest Research Developments (USC News)
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