This month our blog features tips on balancing self-care while caregiving for the millions of caregivers sandwiched between caring for younger children and older parents.
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Barbie’s Future Dream House
Barbie, the famous blonde with the tiny waist and long legs who has been a doctor, an astronaut and even President, is 53 years old this year and is perhaps one of our most famous Baby Boomers. Actually, if Barbie were real instead of a doll, I think she would be 69...
Alan and David Osmond – Life Father, Like Son – Living with MS
Originally published on Next Avenue by Sherri Snelling They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place yet this is exactly what happened to Alan Osmond and his son David Osmond of the famous entertainment family. This lightning came in two forms: great...
Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker: Cooking Up a New Caregiving Recipe
Sherri Snelling, our Caregiving Club CEO, spoke to actors Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker about their journey in caring for Jill’s mother who has dementia. At the heart of their story is family and how “eat, pray, love” may be their new catchphrase when it comes...
Enlist Now to Help Veterans and Their Caregivers
They serve and they sacrifice – all for our freedom. This Memorial Day, we remember those brave men and women who have lost their lives in conflicts and wars to guarantee our American way of life. But, I will also be thinking about the 23 million living veterans of...
Your Real Age – 8 Tips to Help Caregivers Find Their Inner Child
I recently celebrated my birthday and it got me to thinking about our “real age.” Whenever I meet a friend for coffee the conversation now turns to our latest health issue (we are at that age) – hurt knees from running, migraines from changing hormones, sun spots on...
Nancy Davis Making Her Mess with Multiple Sclerosis Her Powerful Message
Sherri Snelling, talked with Nancy Davis, the formidable force behind the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis as she prepared for her 19th Annual Race to Erase Gala event held May 18. Since May is National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, Sherri profiles...
You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down, Even with MS – Meet My Best Friend
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. -- Charles Swindoll Normally my blog features the latest caregiving information and interviews with top experts or professionals in various fields. This week is different. Today’s blog is very personal...
Snoopy to the Rescue – How Caregivers Can Use Pet Therapy to Care for Their Loved One
My favorite cartoonist the late Charles Schulz of Peanuts fame wrote that, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” I wonder if he knew that happiness is just the start when it comes to enhancing the lives of older loved ones in nursing homes or assisted living, terminal...
Can Caregiving Make You Happy?
Whether your musical tastes run to the 70s TV show with the Partridge family singing their theme song, C’mon Get Happy or the 1950s song that inspired it, Get Happy made famous by Judy Garland, the message is that happiness is in our hands – not something we are...
Marg Helgenberger – Collecting Clues on Caregiving
May marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and at the May 18 Nancy Davis Foundation annual Race to Erase MS Gala Event, Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger will serve as a celebrity champion and award presenter to actress Teri Garr who lives with...
How Caregivers Can Go Green for Earth Day
In honor of Earth Day, I thought it might be interesting to investigate some products and tips for caregivers that fall into the “green movement” category. Contrary to popular misperceptions, living green does not have to be expensive or disruptive to your or your...