‘Tis the Season to Celebrate the Joys of Caregiving
by Kathryn Haslanger, Senior VP for Community Benefit and External Affairs for VNSNY for The Huffington Post Amidst the difficulties of caregiving can be found a satisfaction of just one more of the...
View ArticleCaregiver Story: It’s not easy to walk a mile in your elderly Mom’s shoes!
Dealing with bureaucracies in behalf of an aging parent can prove frustrating. Not only does it involve handling finances, but also role reversal. Lisa Black details her experiences in becoming the...
View ArticleTo Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed
To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed, by Alix Kates Shulman, is a beautiful, poignant love story spanning several decades. This memoir will touch your heart, and will touch home for you if you are...
View ArticleWill You Care For Me? Feel the Compassion & Love of a Caregiver in Response...
In trying to help caregivers, emphasis is often placed on the difficulty and stress of the role. But, the positive side of caregiving, the emotional rewards we feel as caregivers when we provide love...
View ArticleElectronic Health Records Can Relieve Caregiver Stress; A Caregiver Tells Her...
Cynthia Whisker, a social service coordinator who counsels families and seniors about how to handle the stress of caregiving for their loved ones, has herself become a caregiver for her husband. Her...
View ArticleHelen, a Caregiver at a Senior Center, Tells How Health Reform Has Helped Her...
Helen, a senior who works at a Senior Center in Philadelphia, tells her story on how health care reform has helped her and other seniors. She explains how the free preventive services provided to...
View ArticleOvercoming Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) – A Hope-Inspiring Story of Courage...
Contributed By Jackie Barber EDITOR’S NOTE: Our dear friend Jackie Barber tells the moving story of how she is overcoming the dreaded Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) that one year ago left her completely...
View ArticleThank a Caregiver Week, Nov. 4-10, Sponsored by National Parkinson Foundation
The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) has announced that, as part of observing National Family Caregivers Month in November, it will for the first time sponsor Thank a Caregiver Week during the week...
View ArticleCaregiving for a Dear Friend with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS): Part II of a...
Contributed By Shirley A. Woods EDITOR’S NOTE: In a previous post, our dear friend Jackie Barber told the inspiring story of how she is overcoming the dreaded Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) that...
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