I just received a letter from Allison Martin of the Zeno Group which has in its line of items, the Tena group of incontinence products. Because November is National Caregiver’s Month, they are sponsoring a sweepstakes that will award 40 lucky winners a night...
Norman Cousins, author, journalist and an adjunct professor at The School of Medicine at UCLA , described in his book “Anatomy of an Illness” how laughter helped relieve the pain he suffered from a collagen disease and then later a form of reactive...
I need to apologize for my lack of frequent blogging over the past month. Since my father’s passing, I have been struggling about my focus here. I absolutely want to continue to provide caregivers with education and encouragement so that I can empower them to...
One of the most difficult situations that parents and children can face is the parents’ loss of independence as they age. It can be extremely difficult for aging parents to give control of any part of their lives over to another person, especially their child....
More than three-fourths of all family members who currently serve as a caregiver to an aging and ailing parent receive no help from other family members, according to the National Family Caregivers Association. Should these solo caregivers continue to suffer in...
I received this in an e-mail and since it was funny and today is Monday, decided that it needed to be posted. I’m sorry – I don’t know the original author. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone to prevent drips. Just...