mental illness

May is National Mental Health Month

May is National Mental Health Month

According to the National Allliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five Americans has a mental health issue and one in 25 Americans has a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major clinical depression. Because of the stigma and lack of...

National Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 6-12

National Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 6-12

October is National Mental Illness Awareness Week October 6-12 and October 10 is National Depression Screening Day. More than 61 million Americans -- 1 in 4 -- suffer from mental illness. And the CDC recently reported suicides among boomers has increased 47-59% over...

Presenting the 5th Annual CARE-Y Awards

Presenting the 5th Annual CARE-Y Awards

And the Awards Goes to . . . Fifth Annual CARE-Y Awards℠ – Caregivers on TV For the last five years I have bestowed my own version of the Emmy® Awards – something I call the CARE-Y Awards℠ that acknowledges both the reel stars and episodes in the past year’s TV...

Happy Birthday to a Caregiving Pioneer – Rosalynn Carter

Happy Birthday to a Caregiving Pioneer – Rosalynn Carter

She said it first and she said it best:  “There are only four kinds of people in the world:  those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” As one of the pioneers behind a growing...

Celebrity Spotlight

Celebrity Spotlight

Caregiving Club CEO, Sherri Snelling, interviews celebrities from movies, TV, Broadway, sports, news and music who are or have been a family caregiver. See the latest interview in the series below or click here to read all the interviews.        ...

Caregiving At the Oscars® – 1st Annual CAREY Awards℠

Caregiving At the Oscars® – 1st Annual CAREY Awards℠

For as long as I can remember I have been in love with the movies.  Movies are magic come to life.   They transport you and let you escape.  They make you feel a range of emotions but mostly they can make you believe.  Movies give you hope for better things in a world...