As caregivers, we all love a good deal, especially in this economy. Shopping at one of the various dollar stores (The Dollar Store, The Dollar Tree, The 99 Cent Store, etc.) can shave quite a bit off your monthly household and caregiving budget. The most important...
700 Club’s Pat Robertson stated this week that divorce is okay when one of the spouses has Alzheimer’s Disease. Although most marriage vows contain the phrase “for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health til death do us part”, during a...
I’m sure you’ve heard the statistics before: 60% of those persons who suffer from Alzheimer’s will wander at some point in their disease process; 92% of those persons with autism tend to wander. Those are very scary statistics. How can we be sure...
Clearing Your Mental Desk by Shelley As caregivers, we have many projects awaiting our attention. Weekly meal plans accompanied by grocery lists, creating a map of the quickest roundtrip route to use in order to accomplish the most errands in one day, arranging to...
Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Floods, Terrorist Attacks – Are You Prepared? By Shelley When we think emergency, we generally think that an emergency room would be the place to go to get help. With a natural disaster or a terrorist attack, an emergency room may even be...
Yesterday, I was fortunate to be able to interview Mr. Jeff Huber, President of Home Instead Senior Care, the largest provider of in-home care services for seniors in the world and was the first company to offer franchise opportunities. Most professionals involved...