SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Jane Heller For caregivers, life is filled with gut-wrenching moments that are best treated with a healthy dose of h...
With November being National Family Caregiver Month, I am immediately reminded and in gratitude for all that my mom did to take care of me during my breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Sherri Snelling In the next four years, the country's 65 million family caregivers must speak out for the policies t...
Receiving the news that a loved has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia is often life-changing. As our population ages, more and more of us are faced with the difficult reality that our loved ones are experiencing increased memory impairment.
When a family learns that one of their own has cancer, it can bring them together or tear them apart. This is even more of a challenge when it is a child who has been diagnosed with cancer, a disease that will at the very least interrupt this time of innocence in their young lives.
Loreen Arbus has made it her mission to honor the work of the caregiver, 'the unsung heroines," whose kindness comes in all manners of form to help transform lives, yet who are still so severely unappreciated.
Don't push yourself too far or beat yourself up for not living up to "how things used to be." If you remain positive and adaptable, this season can still be full of celebrations to cherish. Here are six things to keep in mind if visiting someone with Alzheimer's or dementia in the coming weeks.
Some people criticize the decision made by Rep. Gifford's husband, Mark Kelly, to return to work, but every family must decide for themselves the best way to heal.
The crisis that begins with a terminal or potentially terminal diagnosis like breast cancer indeed marks the first step down a long and winding road.
Parents age, especially when we're not looking, and most especially when we live far away from them. All of a sudden, we may be witnessing our parents in steep decline, and it raises all kinds of questions.
As I watch my Mom get weaker and older I know there is beauty in every age. It is an unexpected Christmas gift.
When we think of family caregiving, the burdens and potential burnout associated with caring for someone on an often daily basis come to mind.
Family caregivers are truly heroic, but they are regular people with limits. Everyone needs and deserves breaks from stresses in their life.
Caregiving is an honorable commitment. Yet, it does a number on the professional life and in many cases derails it all together.
