According to TheBrainMatters.org, one in six Americans is affected by a brain disorder such as Alzheimer’s disease, migraine, autism, MS, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, ALS, stroke, and more. To help make the case for more brain research to find cures, the website is sponsoring a film festival called Neuro Film Festival.
To submit an entry in the festival, simply [...]
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You may feel lonely in your caregiving role, but a report released today says you’re not alone.
“Caregiving in the U.S. 2009,” a survey of persons caring for adults, the elderly and children with special needs, found that 29% of the U.S. adult population, or 65.7 million people, are caregivers, including 31% of all households. These caregivers provide [...]
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In support of Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, AAA encourages advance planning to keep senior drivers safe and mobile as they age
Many seniors and their families will at some point struggle with a difficult decision about an older adult’s driving ability.
Is it safe for them to continue driving?
Are there tools to help them be [...]
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It’s a cook-free (and dirty dish-less!) Progressive Party.
Throughout the week of December 6, we stop by the blogs of family caregivers, dropping off holiday well-wishes and good cheer. To close out our party with a bang, two of blog party participants will join me today at Noon on Table Talk; listen [...]
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Anna Stookey, our feel-good expert who joins us monthly on Your Caregiving Journey, is holding a one-hour free teleclass to help us avoid holiday over-eating. Here are the details:
Over the Strudel and Through the Nog:
The Body Reunion Solution to Avoiding Holiday Overeating
9:30am PST/12:30pm EST on Saturday, December 19th
Tune in before you go off to do [...]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds are being used to promote the national research efforts to better understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has targeted promising areas of research in granting the awards, such as new and ongoing studies to identify additional risk [...]
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We’ve got special activities coming up in December. Santa has his list; we’ve got ours:
On Twitter:
Gratitude Tuesday: Share a gratitude each Tuesday in December; use this hashtag: #carethanks. We’ll give away an autographed copy of Take Comfort, written by Denise, to one tweeter each Tuesday.
What’s bugging you? At 3 p.m. CT on Fridays, we share [...]
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Meg Cooch, MPP, director of programs and operations for National Alliance for Caregiving, provided the following update about legislation that would impact family caregivers. If you support this legislation, contact your Senators as soon as possible to ask for their support. We’ll provide updates as we receive.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – S. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable [...]
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Update (11/20): On November 19, after much deliberation and continued closed door negotiation, the Senate passed S. 1963, the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009 (see below) in the evening by a voice vote of 98-0. No changes were made to the bill prior to its passage. The bill has been referred [...]
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It’s a cook-free (and dirty dish-less!) Progressive Party.
Throughout the week of December 6, we’ll stop by the blogs of family caregivers, dropping off holiday well-wishes and good cheer. Our party also includes companies that provides services and/or products to help family caregivers.
Because no party is complete without presents, we’ve got prizes! [...]
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