veterans

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...

Caring for Heroes with Invisible Wounds

Caring for Heroes with Invisible Wounds

More than 10 million Americans care for a veteran.  While we celebrate all our veterans this month during National Military Appreciation Month - Sherri writes for Huffington Post 50 about the caregivers of veterans with PTSD, TBI and depression where  the stigma of...

Heroes on the Homefront – the Caregivers of Veterans

Heroes on the Homefront – the Caregivers of Veterans

Today is Veterans Day when we honor those who have served our country at home and abroad to ensure our freedom.  But it is not just our service men and women who make the sacrifices for freedom.  I would also like to honor the 10 million family caregivers of our...

Enlist Now to Help Veterans and Their Caregivers

Enlist Now to Help Veterans and Their Caregivers

They serve and they sacrifice – all for our freedom.  This Memorial Day, we remember those brave men and women who have lost their lives in conflicts and wars to guarantee our American way of life.  But, I will also be thinking about the 23 million living veterans of...

Helping our Heroes – Veterans and Their Caregivers

Helping our Heroes – Veterans and Their Caregivers

After 9/11 many people started wearing American flag lapel pins – it was a show of pride in our country and in our troops who would soon deploy to fight the war on terrorism.  While wearing a pin is a great symbol – there are other ways for us to show our support for...

Heroes on the Homefront – Caregivers of Veterans

Heroes on the Homefront – Caregivers of Veterans

I slept and dreamed that life was beauty;  I woke and found that life was duty. --Ellen Sturgis Hooper Today is Veterans Day when we honor those who have served our country at home and abroad to ensure our freedom.  But it is not just our service men and women who...