veterans

Season 1, Episode 2 – Show Notes and Resource Links

Season 1, Episode 2 – Show Notes and Resource Links

Veteran’s Day Episode: Richard Lui on Young Military Caregivers Plus Shopping and Storytelling Tech to Help Caregivers This special Veteran’s Day episode includes interviews with three different people all with ties to military veterans and their family caregivers:...

June 6 – Celebrating 75th Anniversary of D-Day

June 6 – Celebrating 75th Anniversary of D-Day

  On June 6, 1944, the world asked ordinary men to do extraordinary things. Quite simply, freedom and peace were at stake and thousands of young men answered the Allied call on the beaches of Normandy.  Many still lie there today under a white marble cross or...

April 15-21 National Volunteer Week

April 15-21 National Volunteer Week

  One of the hardest things for caregivers to do is ask for and accept help. But, if you don’t get a respite break and “time off” now and then, you may wind up more ill than the person for whom you are caring. What is interesting is that a national study found...

November 11 – Veteran’s Day

November 11 – Veteran’s Day

      Every year we honor our veterans and their sacrifices – including the sacrifices of military families – to provide peace and freedom for America. Veteran’s Day was established after the end of World War I – known as the “war to end all wars” –...

Caring for Those with Invisible Wounds

Caring for Those with Invisible Wounds

Following is Sherri Snelling's article that was originally published on Huff Post 50 about the caregivers of veterans with PTSD and TBI – the homefront heroes of those with invisible wounds.   Caring for Those Heroes with Invisible Wounds

November is National Caregiver Month

November is National Caregiver Month

November and all year long we celebrate and honor the 65 million Americans who are caregivers.  Just like Atlas, the weight of the world is being carried on caregivers' shoulders. Caregiving crosses all socio-economic boundaries -- race, religion, age, gender,...

Honoring Veterans & Their Caregivers November 11

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...

PBS Next Avenue Articles

Following are all of Sherri's articles for PBS Next Avenue: 4 Forecasts for Family Caregivers in a Post-Pandemic World 5 Ways to Find Happiness As a Caregiver 9 Ways Caregivers Can Get a Free Respite Break 17 Essential Books for Caregivers 90-Year-Old Billionaire...

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...

Caring.com Caregiver Profiles

Following are the caregiver profiles Sherri has contributed to Caring.com: Debi Cacace – Staying Connected With Her Father-in-Law Through Technology Diane McGunigle on Women, Caregiving and Heart Health Dr. Sally Brooks –A Doctor, A Daughter, A Caregiver First Lady...