On November 11 we celebrate our nation's veterans. More than 10 million caregivers are providing care for a veteran. Read Sherri Snelling's Examiner.com article about ways to volunteer to help veterans and their family caregivers.
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Honoring Veterans & Their Caregivers November 11
Every November 11 we commemorate Veteran's Day - the brave men and women who protect our freedom and American way of life. Our blogs feature the heroes on the homefront - the 10 million Americans who are caregivers of our nation's veterans, of which 7 million are...
Huffington Post Articles
Following are Sherri's articles for Huffington Post: 8 Ways to Volunteer to Help America’s Largest Volunteer Health Care Work Force: Family Caregivers An Essential Caregiving Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty Caregiver RX for Stress: 3 Steps to Me Time Monday Caregiving...
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...
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...