Prepare Your Home for Aging in Place Here are a few simple improvements you can make to remain the king and queen of your castle. Prepare now for aging in place not in a nursing home. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines aging in place as “the ability to live in one’s...
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WHY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER TAKING A Caregiver Cruise-Smilecast 60
Consider a Caregiver Cruise There are 66 million family caregivers in the U.S. alone; 70% are female and 25% are Millennials. They suffer worsened health than non-caregivers and 40-60% report symptoms of depression. Some caregivers, like my sister, pre-decease the ones for whom they care. Recently, my local church, through funding...
Those With Advance Directives More Likely Seek Interventions-Smilecast 59
People Who Fill Out Advance Directives More Likely to Seek Interventions A study finds that nearly a third of people who fill out advance directives — a person’s wishes for end-of-life care — request medical interventions. The research from DePaul University was published by Craig M. Klugman, hair of DePaul’s...
When Advance Directive in Place Dying More Peaceful – Smilecast 58
Advance Directive in Place – Dying More Peaceful A Belgian study suggests that when a person has an advanced directive in place, dying is more peaceful. Advance care planning is considered a central component of good quality palliative care and especially relevant for people who lose the capacity to make decisions at the end...
Remember When – Looking Back on Your Caregiving Journey – Smilecast 30
Remember When I have had some time now to look back and remember when I was a caregiver to mom who passed away June 2, 2016. When the journey ends it can be confusing. And the last days of her life were intense, with hospitalizations, surgeries and hospice. Did I...
Giving Back – Helping Other Caregivers – Smilecast 29
Giving Back When Kathy Caprino interviewed me for Forbes Magazine about caregiving, we spent some talking about giving back. It’s important that when you’re caregiving journey is over and even while you are in the midst of it that you reach out to others in a support community where all...
First Talk Hickory with Hal Row – Smilecast 57
First Talk in Hickory with Hal Row First Talk with Hal Row airs weekday mornings 7:00 until 9:00 ET. Get all the local news, sports, weather, traffic and information. Call us at (828) 327-WHKY and express your opinion live on-air about the morning’s topic or ask a question of our in-studio...
Remember the Good not the Bad as a Caregiver – Smilecast 28
Remember the Good I admit to watching some reality TV and I even watched the Celebrity Apprentice, particularly when Leeza Gibbons was on. I believe she won money for her Alzheimer’s program. As she was taking care of her mother and as she counseled other caregivers, she always told them...
Conversations in Care – Smilecast 56
Conversations in Care The Conversations in Care radio show was one I had the pleasure of being on in the past. Host Tami Neumann. Tami Neumann is Executive Producer & Host As a professional for over 20 years in the Senior Care Industry she has seen and experienced a lot. She realized that...
Being Grateful – It’s an Every Day Thing – Smilecast 27
Being Grateful Every night before I go to sleep, I reflect on three things i am grateful for that day and then i pray. It has become a pretty engrained routine and encourage you to try it. Being grateful keeps us humble. And it helps us remember how good we...