February 5th is National Wear Red Day sponsored by the American Heart Association. Heart disease is the number one killer of women (it’s not breast cancer). The Wear Red movement challenges women to know their risk for heart disease and to take action to reduce...
Welcome Blog Party visitors! Thanks for stopping by! I started my blog The Intentional Caregiver in 2008 when I was caring for my father who had dementia and congestive heart failure. Back then, there weren’t as many resources as there are now so I wanted to...
Although I work from home, my office is downstairs from where my mom hangs out and I can’t always be sure she’s completely safe. I’m pretty sure I could hear if she took a tumble and fell to the floor, and I do check on her every couple of hours, but I wanted...
We’re headed into the holidays and that means it’s also the annual election period for Medicare and Medicare prescription drug coverage. The Annual Election Period (AEP) is an annual open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage and Medicare...
With the holidays quickly approaching, many of us will be visiting parents or aging loved ones or hosting them in your own homes. If you’ve not seen your loved ones for a period of time, you may be in for a rude awakening. When my father came to live with me many...