Alzheimer’s

Caregiver Stress is No Joke

Caregiver Stress is No Joke

While some people will start the month by playing a funny joke on a friend or co-worker, the beginning of April, which marks National Stress Awareness Month, makes me think about the stress that plagues those who are caring for an older parent, child with special...

Women Face the Facts of an Alzheimer’s Nation

Women Face the Facts of an Alzheimer’s Nation

The Alzheimer’s Association released its 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report today and the underlying message is that as a nation we are facing a growing epidemic and women are more at risk ... but there is hope and help. More than 10 million women today...

On the Red Carpet

On the Red Carpet

Caregiving Club CEO, Sherri Snelling, interviews celebrities about caregiving and the causes they care about at Red Carpet gala events.  In 2013, she will be conducting red carpet celebrity caregiver interviews for AARP's YouTube channel. Below you can view...

Joan Lunden’s Coast to Coast Caregiving Coverage

Joan Lunden’s Coast to Coast Caregiving Coverage

Sherri Snelling recently spoke to Joan Lunden of TV morning show and healthy living fame about her role as a Sandwich Generation and long-distance caregiver for her mother.  Sherri met Joan on the set of a special program Joan hosted, “Taking Care with Joan Lunden,”...

Celebrity Spotlight

Celebrity Spotlight

Caregiving Club CEO, Sherri Snelling, interviews celebrities from movies, TV, Broadway, sports, news and music who are or have been a family caregiver. See the latest interview in the series below or click here to read all the interviews.        ...

Celebrate Caregivers During Read Across America Day

Celebrate Caregivers During Read Across America Day

As a book lover, I celebrate Read Across America Day (March 2) every year by creating my book list for the coming year and settling on the couch with my first pick.  I love this day because it is a reminder that although as a society we may crave the visual...

Caregiving At the Oscars® – 1st Annual CAREY Awards℠

Caregiving At the Oscars® – 1st Annual CAREY Awards℠

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...

Caregivers Take Note – Music As Therapy

Caregivers Take Note – Music As Therapy

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...