Elder Care Cafe

Welcome back!Wednesday, May 26 was the 17th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day, a day that is dedicated to the health and fitness of America’s seniors. The day is part of the Older Americans Month celebrated every May. As we honor our seniors and celebrate those who are healthy and fit, it reminds us [...]

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Often I enjoy cruising the Internet in search of other websites that have to do with care giving. Not only do I receive information on how to become a better caregiver, but the websites often give me information I can share with others. Caregiver stress is a serious issue. The stress of caring for another [...]

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When families are looking for a nursing home for a loved one, their choices are quite often limited and they do not always know the quality of care their loved one will receive until it is too late. Now, there is a rating system that has been developed to assist families during this difficult emotional time.

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Today I visited Dad’s local Senior Center and enjoyed a surprisingly delicious luncheon and visited with longtime friends of my parents. During my visit, I picked up an interesting 2010 calendar. The calendar was produced by the Do1Thing website (link below), and opened my eyes to an interesting concept.

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Social media such as Facebook and Twitter are hot topics of late. Some say if you are not a part of the trend, you are missing out on life. Others say the social media sites are time-consuming, distracting, and dangerous. Some people dabble in the growing phenomenon, others are addicted spending many hours a day [...]

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Earning blogging money is a lot easier than you might think. The most important thing to realize is that you need a good solid plan of action if you are ever going to have any hope of earning an income from your blogs. After I retired and became a caregiver to my father, I knew [...]

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Recently, I had the very pleasurable experience of enjoying a DVD filmed and edited by Bill Manning and produced by Natural Arts Media. Waterfalls is the title, and as the subtitle notes, the DVD does “Bring a New Level of Relaxation to Your Day….”

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As I have mentioned before, AARP.org is one of my favorite websites because they provide much needed support for caregivers. Over the years, the site has gathered an enormous amount of quality information conveniently available whenever caregivers may have the need to find pertinent information.

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National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) is celebrating their 15th anniversary during the month of November. The National Family Caregivers Association works “to empower family caregivers to act on behalf of themselves and their loved ones, and remove the barriers to their health and well-being.”

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Webmd.com has a free Women’s Health newsletter available that you can have sent to your email box. Their blurb reads, “Growing older doesn’t have to mean getting old.”

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An interesting feature currently on the AARP website is a map and the accompanying statistics on how many daily papers there are throughout the U.S. and the District of Columbia.

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During my travels around the ‘net, I came across another caregivers network. Under the umbrella of www.healthcentral.com is a caregivers group called CareConnection.com. Last May, Dan Taylor wrote a wonderful tribute about his mother. You can read the tribute, along with my comment to Dan and his response, at CareConnection. Dan has written a number of excellent [...]

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