I just learned from The Sloan Center on Aging that according to a 2011 analysis of American Community Survey data, “more than one-third (36 percent) of the 915,000 grandparents ages 60 and older who are caring for their grandchildren were in the labor force in 2010.”
The irony of this is that these grandparents [...]
Question: If your teacher tells you that 90 percent of your exam will be on the first five chapters of the textbook, do you spend an equal amount of your time reading chapters six, seven and eight? Or do you focus — invest more of your resources — on learning and understanding those first [...]
With research indicating that over 25 percent of family caregivers seek support online, Caring.com has experienced tremendous growth in Steps & Stages — which includes a free custom care guide, stage-based newsletter, and online support groups for caregivers. In the past three months, visits to Stage Groups, which provide Alzheimer’s support by enabling [...]
We were so excited to welcome a precious gift from God into our family. It was May of 2006 and we knew the big day was fast approaching. My husband and I did not know a thing about being grandparents except that word on the street was that it was the best thing [...]
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and April is Autism Awareness Month. Alzheimer’s and autism have some similarities: they are both cognitive disabilities with a tendency to wander and the inability to find their way back home. According to the National Alzheimer’s Association, of the 5.3 million people with dementia 70% will wander throughout the course of their disability. A survey by the National [...]
No one knew when the secrets began. Not until Mabel entered the nursing home did she tell.
Living alone in the upstairs apartment parallel to our house, Mabel had only two caged parrots for companions. On hot summer evenings when the windows were open, their cackle chorus of “Mabel, Mabel!” disrupted the [...]
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