Caregiver Stress – Dementia patients may die sooner if family caregivers are mentally stressed People living with dementia may actually die sooner if their family caregivers are mentally stressed, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. From 2007 until 2016, UC Berkeley researchers tracked the mortality of...
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Smilecast 52 – Sound Health Radio – Caregiver Cruise and Caregiver Summit
My Interview on Sound Health Radio about our Caregiver Cruise and Caregiver Summit I was excited to participate in almost an hour-long radio broadcast on Sound Health. We talked about many issues from how I entered the business to lessons I have learned from elders. We did a deep dive...
Senior Sex – Older Folks Having Sex Once a Week Improves Cognitive Function
Senior Sex – More Frequency, Better Outcomes New research found that older adults who reported having sex at least once each week got better scores on certain cognitive tests than those who reported having it only once per month or not at all. You can read the full story on senior...
Taking Care of Yourself – Smilecast 23
Taking Care of Yourself Every day we need to learn a lesson from our caregiving journey. As with the person in the story on Smilecast, it became clear that unlike himself, who could take care of his mom, he had no social support in place should he need care. Taking...
Traveling with Seniors, Charlotte Today – Smilecast 51
Traveling with Seniors With summer here it’s time to make vacation plans. When it comes to traveling with seniors, a little extra planning is necessary to assure that caregivers and seniors alike enjoy the vacation. I cover the following from my Charlotte Today segment: How can we know whether a senior...
Extra-virgin Olive Oil Preserves Memory & Protects Brain
Temple University Study Provide More Proof of Benefits of Extra-virgin Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is associated with a variety of health benefits, including a lower incidence of dementia. Now, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM)...
New Caregiver – Stepping into the Role – Smilecast 22
New Caregiver Sometimes as in the case of my sister and my mother, you are thrust into becoming a caregiver. In my sister’s case, she had lung cancer as she was caregiving for mom. And when she passed I was caregiver to mom. Other times, you can see the caregiving...