February means it's Grammy season and the sound of music is all around. This month we celebrate the caregivers, like our friend Holly Robinson Peete, who are musical stars and caregivers as well as luminaries in the music business such as interviews with Quincy...
Catherine Zeta Jones
February – Heart Health Month
Caregivers often have no time to care for themselves - aerobic fitness, good nutrition and ways to de-stress take time - something caregivers just don't have. Heart disease is the #1 killer of both men and women and caregivers are more at risk for this deadly killer....
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
In November we want everyone to remember the 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and the 15 million caring for them. Every 68 seconds, someone new is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. One of every two Americans over age 85 will develop dementia...
National Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 6-12
October is National Mental Illness Awareness Week October 6-12 and October 10 is National Depression Screening Day. More than 61 million Americans -- 1 in 4 -- suffer from mental illness. And the CDC recently reported suicides among boomers has increased 47-59% over...
Caregiving’s Lost Generation – Our Nation’s Children
In Sherri's latest article for Huffington Post, she writes about the 1.4 million children under 18 providing care for a parent or grandparent. Read the article on Huffington Post Healthy Living here.
Celebrity Spotlight
Caregiving Club CEO, Sherri Snelling, interviews celebrities from movies, TV, Broadway, sports, news, music and politics who are or have been a family caregiver. In November we honor all the nation's caregivers - those caring for older parents or family members, those...
May is Older Americans Month
This month we focus on the caregivers of older Americans as we celebrate longevity, healthy aging and the pursuit of happiness.
Celebrity Caregiver Interviews
When it comes to caregiving, celebrities from TV, films, sports, news and music are just like the rest of us. While some may have more financial resources available to them, they still face a fragmented health care system and experience the emotional roller coaster...
Our 1st Annual Movie Awards
And the winner is . . . just in time for the Oscars, we announce our 1st Annual CARER Awards℠ honoring the movies and stars who represent caregiving in America. Check out the blog below.
Caregiving’s Tricks and Treats
In preparation for Halloween, I felt it was time to show that caregiving for an older loved one does not have to be something scary like Freddy or Zombies or Clowns (yes – like Carrie Bradshaw I’m one of those people who are really terrified of clowns). In order to...
Honoring America’s Unpaid Labor Force – Family Caregivers
For most of us, Labor Day signifies the official end of summer, the last day women should wear white (although this rule has been waning in recent years) and the beginning of football season. However, the first federal observance of Labor Day in 1894 established this...
How Caregivers Can Relax for National Relaxation Day
In today’s fast-paced, stress-filled, slow economic growth, multi-tasking world – the art of relaxation is like speaking Latin – an almost forgotten, dead concept. But, if you are one of the 65 million Americans caring for a loved one who is ill, has disabilities or...