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The Caregiver’s Voice

Published on January 23, 2012 By Bob Finnie

Nominate a caregiver of the month at www.thecaregiversvoice.com. Get a free gift for the award from www.PersonCare.net.

November 15 is National Memory Screening Day

Published on November 8, 2011 By Bob Finnie

National Memory Screening Day on November 15 is a perfect time for a baseline memory screening.

Take The Home Run Challenge For Dad

Published on June 11, 2011 By Bob Finnie

Take the home run challenge to bat against prostate cancer from June 8 to Father’s Day.

April 16 Is National Health Care Decisions Day

Published on April 10, 2011 By Bob Finnie

National Health Care Decisions Day is a reminder to think about end-of-life decisions and making an Advance Health Care Directive.

Activities For The Minds of Seniors With Dementia

Published on January 26, 2011 By Bob Finnie

This is the National Week for Activity Professionals.  Activity professionals are trained to provide activity services usually for the geriatric population, but also for special needs individuals.  These pros help keep older adults active, both physically and mentally.  Their work can be in a home, a long term care facility, a rehab facility, a medical center, or [...]

Holiday Time with Seniors = Look, Listen, and Learn

Published on November 23, 2010 By Bob Finnie

The holidays are a great time with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends.  Be sure to make the most of this time with them.  Making the most includes using the time to look, listen, and learn regarding the aging of the people you care about. Look at them.  Are there any obvious physical changes?  Are they able [...]

Family Caregivers Appreciation

Published on November 10, 2010 By Bob Finnie

The Thanksgiving month is a wonderful time to show appreciation for family caregivers.  The time and effort put in caregiving by family members is difficult to put a monetary value on, but a recent study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP put a price tag on family caregiving at $257 billion in the [...]

World Alzheimer’s Day

Published on September 21, 2010 By Bob Finnie

The World Alzheimer Report 2010 was released today.  Over $600 billion in costs of Alzheimer’s and related dementia was highlighted in the report. Conclusions in the report include: – .5% of the world’s population live with dementia. – costs are lower in developing countries because of reliance on informal care from family and friends. – [...]

The Health Care Doubleheader

Published on September 15, 2010 By Bob Finnie

This month highlights ovarian cancer awareness for women and prostate cancer awareness for men. Women can learn all the facts, know all the symptoms, hear from a survivor and make a research donation at the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC). Men can understand prostate cancer better, find the latest on prostate cancer surgery, learn what [...]

Singing For An Alzheimer’s Cure

Published on September 7, 2010 By Bob Finnie

The summer edition of Preserving Your Memory magazine has a special story about two musicians who have created thoughtful songs about people with Alzheimer’s.  Aaron Angello made the song Fade about his grandparents who both lost their lives to the disease.  Augusta Crawford’s song, Lost Lullaby, is about a friend’s grandmother who has Alzheimer’s. The musical artist applies the [...]