It sounds like something your mother would say, right? And how often do you wish you had listened to her? Nobody really wants to think about the potential for accidents or illness, and it can happen at any age. But…
A person with dementia is diagnosed every three seconds somewhere in the world. Dementia is a catchall phrase that refers to many types of neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases bring about the onset of dementia including but not limited to: Alzheimer’s…
The sandwich generation is comprised of people caring for their children while also caring for their aging parents. Although generation is part of the phrase, it does not refer to people born at a specific time. Typically, these “sandwich” family…
Long distance caregiving has been defined as providing care for a person who lives an hour or more away by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). This type of caregiving takes many forms – from arranging for in-home care, money…