Caregiving Club’s 2nd Annual Caregiver Wellness Holiday Gift Guide is here – just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping. Check out Caregiver Wellness, Older Adult Wellness and Wellness for the Home ideas.
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1st Annual Holiday Gift Guide
Welcome to Caregiving Club’s 1st Annual Caregiving Holiday Gift Guide. We curated our list in three areas: Wellness for the Caregiver showcases items to help support caregiver self care; Wellness for Older Adults are recommendations for caregivers and others to give...
The Secret to Being Fit After 50: Let the Sunshine In
One of the most iconic baby boom generation songs of the late 60s was “Let the Sunshine In,” a hippie-driven hit that was also used by the Ad Council and National Urban Coalition PSA to promote racial harmony in 1969 (check out the diverse choir including Ray Charles,...
The USC, AARP Foundation, Lyft Ridesharing Pilot Study
In 2016, Sherri Snelling acting as a Thought Leadership consultant for the Dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, secured a $1.5 million grant from the AARP Foundation and UnitedHealthcare to fund a pilot study on ridesharing among Keck Medicine of USC's older...
Aging Dreamers – How Caregivers Can Help Loved Ones Achieve Their End-of-Life Wishes
It’s been more than 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. As we honor Dr. King’s birthday today with the “MLK Day of Service” family caregivers can perform two acts of...
12 Tips to Help Prevent Parents from Falling
September 22 is the first official day of fall as well as National Falls Risk Prevention Day. It's a great time for the 44 million caregivers of those over age 50 to brush up on tips to help prevent parents from falling. Check out Sherri Snelling’s article for...
Falls Risk Prevention Day – Sept 22
A senior dies every 29 minutes from a fall at home. Learn more about preventing falls for your older loved one in Sherri Snelling’s article for Examiner.com on seniors and falls prevention. Also check with your local senior center or the National Council on Aging...
Gear 3 – Alternative Transportation for Mom and Dad
When it comes to seniors and driving, caregivers need to shift through 3 gears with a parent or other older loved one about maintaining mobility and independence while also staying safe. The 3 gears of senior driving are: 1. Driving Assessment (read the blog here) 2....
Gear 2 – Driving Retirement and 5 Tips on How to Have the Conversation about “Driving Miss Daisy”
When it comes to seniors and driving safety, caregivers face 3 gears that they need to shift through with older parents: 1) Driving Safety and Assessment (click here to read the blog) 2) Driving Retirement (read below) 3) Alternative Transportation (click here to...
3 Gears of Seniors and Driving – How Caregivers Can Help Loved Ones Make the Shift
One of the toughest issues caregivers face with older parents is the dilemma around seniors and driving. We’ve all seen the news with tragic tales of older drivers who accelerate when they are supposed to brake or drive the wrong way on the highway – putting everyone...
Pets – the Prescription for Caregiver and Senior Wellness
Sherri Snelling contributes this heartwarming article on the power of pet therapy for PBS Next Avenue - read the entire article here and celebrate National Pet Week May 6-13.
Caregiving Goes to the Oscars
Just in time for the Academy Awards - click here to read my blog post for Huff Post 50 on a trio of films that capture the spectrum of caregiving at the movies: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sherri-snelling/oscar-movies-about-caregiving_b_2742834.html?view=screen