Since April is National Stress Awareness Month, we put our spotlight on this silent killer. In the best-selling book, The Telomere Effect, the authors found that one year of chronic stress takes six years off our lives. This is because our chromosomes have telomeres...
One of the hardest things for caregivers to do is ask for and accept help. But, if you don’t get a respite break and “time off” now and then, you may wind up more ill than the person for whom you are caring. What is interesting is that a national study found...
March is National Nutrition Month and while it can be a challenge to follow good nutritional guidelines, it is even harder if you are juggling your own healthy eating needs while caring for your loved one. A study by the National Alliance for Caregiving shows that 38...
March marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and few celebrities are as passionate about raising awareness for this disease than the Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger. Marg cared for a father who was diagnosed with MS when she was still in...
The Oscars are nongenarians as this year (March 4) marks the 90th year that the annual Academy Awards will be held. Caregiving Club’s CEO Sherri Snelling has long been a fan of movies (it’s one of her personal “Me Time” activities) and has interviewed numerous...
It’s been more than 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. As we honor Dr. King’s birthday today with the “MLK Day of Service” family caregivers can perform two acts of...
At Caregiving Club, we are avid pet lovers and believe in the power of pet therapy. Most of us here are dog owners which is why we are thrilled that 2018 is the “Year of the Dog” in the Chinese calendar. All year long we’ll offer various stories, interviews and...
Creating Dementia Friendly Home Design Can Loneliness Increase Your Alzheimer’s Risk? Three Benefits for Caregivers Working During an Epidemic How COVID 19 Has Sparked Family Caregiving Conversations How Society Can Evolve to Support Generation Caregiver Three Simple...
It has long been suspected weight gain is a slippery slope to breast cancer risk. Now studies are not only supporting this claim but also showing weight loss – even just 10 percent of total body weight – may also help prevent breast cancer. If you are one of the 65...
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. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in 4 adults...
Our wishes every year are for caregivers to find the balance they feel they may need in caring for their loved one and caring for themselves. This year we're sending caregivers more hugs (eight hugs a day have proven to be neuroprotective), more hygge (the...
We all know the talented actress, Kimberly Williams Paisley, mostly from her fresh-faced, "all-American girl" role in the Father of the Bride movies. We also know her as the lucky real-life bride to country crooner and music star, Brad Paisley. But it wasn't until...