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...
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Soul Food: More than Meal Delivery for Seniors, Caregivers, Volunteers
March is National Nutrition Month, and while it is important for all of us to check on how well we are balancing our diet, it is even more important to know that more than six million Americans over age 60 suffer from malnutrition and hunger according to the Meals on...
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,”...
How to be a Caregiving Superstar!
In honor of Oscar season, we have developed these tips to keep you in peak performance shape as a caregiver. If you are a caring for an older loved one, a spouse who has a chronic illness or a child with disabilities or special needs, you are a true superstar. But,...
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.
Home for the Holidays
Signposts to look for on your caregiving journey and how to have the C-A-R-E Conversation - read recent articles and listen to the podcasts if headed home to see family this holiday season.
Diane Keaton: New Bio Offers Lessons on Love, Legacies and Learning to be a Caregiver
This week Diane Keaton published a memoir Then Again which is a wonderful journey through the lives of two women: Diane and her mother, Dorothy Hall. As opposed to some of the Mommie Dearest-type celebrity books, Diane weaves together her life and career with the...
Heroes on the Homefront – Caregivers of Veterans
I slept and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty. --Ellen Sturgis Hooper Today is Veterans Day when we honor those who have served our country at home and abroad to ensure our freedom. But it is not just our service men and women who...
Brooke Shields: The Endless Love of Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s
We remember her as an icon of the 70s and 80s from controversial movies like Pretty Baby and those provocative Calvin Klein ads (“You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”). In recent years she has reinvented herself as a TV star (Lipstick...
National Caregiver Month Kicks Off With the Caregiver Bill of Rights
November is the start of National Family Caregiver Month and to celebrate the 65 million Americans caring for a loved one who has a chronic illness, a disability or whose age requires more help, I thought I would present my 10 ideas for the Caregiver Bill of Rights....
Celebrate National Caregiver Month
November is National Caregiver Month - watch for special blogs, videos and other activities all month celebrating our 65 million family caregivers.
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...