Security Blanket In this episode I discuss the need to have a security blanket of help on your caregiving duty, something to look to for comfort and hope. A survivor of the Miracle on the Hudson had the Red Cross. What is yours? My inspiration was my sister Diane. We...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress
5 Reasons Why You Should Understand Caregiver Stress Caregiver stress – a topic often left unspoken, particularly with the emotions involved. Most especially for family caregivers, with guilt and confusion settling in when the line of duty and personal time seems to blur. As such, identifying several reasons on why...
Our Friday Song of the Week – I Want to Hold Your Hand
Our Friday Song of the Week – I Want to Hold Your Hand
Hospice Care- What You Need to Know – Smilecast 36
Hospice Care In this episode we take a look at hospice and palliative care. Hospice is really a part of a culture shift around death and dying. Having experienced this with my father-in-law and mother, I can attest to the dignity and beauty that it brings to someone’s end of...
Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise
Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes. Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight. Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits, according to a...
Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer
Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer In mice genetically predisposed to glaucoma, vitamin B3 added to drinking water is effective at glaucoma treatment, a research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Simon W.M. John reports in the journal Science. Glaucoma is one of the most common neurodegenerative...
Social Isolation – A Growing Epidemic Among Seniors
Social Isolation – A Growing Epidemic Among Seniors (reprinted from my HuffPost50 Blog) According to the AARP, 51 percent of people over 75 live alone. Twenty-six percent face an increased risk of death due to subjective feeling of loneliness. More than 8 million adults age 50 and older are affected...
Sleeping Too Much – It Might Be a Sign of Dementia Risk
Sleeping Too Much? It May Be a Sign of Increased Dementia Risk Are you sleeping too much? Sleeping more than nine hours a day may be an early sign of degeneration of the brain and signify an increased risk of dementia in older people, according to a study published in Neurology®,...
Laugh Every Day – Smilecast 7
Laugh Every Day One of the things that annoys me is that caregiving is mostly painted in drama, crisis and depression. It doesn’t have to be that way if we learn to laugh every day. Honestly, if I did not find the humor in caregiving for my mom I would...
Our Friday Song of the Week – Drink a Beer
Our Friday Song of the Week – Drink a Beer