multiple sclerosis

Marg Helgenberger: A Young Caregiver Turned MS Champion

Marg Helgenberger: A Young Caregiver Turned MS Champion

March marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and few celebrities are as passionate about raising awareness for this disease than the Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger.  Marg cared for a father who was diagnosed with MS when she was still in...

The Famous Faces Behind the Men of Caregiving

The Famous Faces Behind the Men of Caregiving

We think of the typical caregiver being a boomer-age woman caring for her older parents yet according to the National Alliance for Caregiving, men make up 34 percent of the 65 million caregivers across the country. And those are men who are in primary caregiving roles...

Marg Helgenberger Juggled College, Career and Caregiving

Marg Helgenberger Juggled College, Career and Caregiving

May marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and few celebrities are as passionate about raising awareness for this disease than the Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger.  Marg cared for a father who was diagnosed with MS when she was still in college...

Snoopy to the Rescue – Pet Therapy Can Help Caregivers

Snoopy to the Rescue – Pet Therapy Can Help Caregivers

My favorite cartoonist the late Charles Schulz of Peanuts fame wrote that, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” As we celebrate National Pet Week May 4-10, I wonder if Schulz knew that happiness is just the start when it comes to enhancing the lives of older loved ones in...

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...

The Show Must Go On for the Osmonds

The Show Must Go On for the Osmonds

Originally published on PBS Next Avenue by Sherri Snelling They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place yet this is exactly what happened to Alan Osmond and his son David Osmond of the famous entertainment family.  This lightning came in two forms:  great...