Join this community!
› Share page: Email Digg del.icio.us Reddit icon StumbleUpon Technorati

Caregiving Community - News

A Labor of Love (Tooele Transcript-Bulletin) Wed Nov 25 16:36:30 PST 2009 Yancey Harris says she has the best job in the world. But as her husband’s caregiver, it’s a job with infinite responsibilities. “I’m responsible for everything, making it all work,” she said. “It’s totally up to me — everything.” Read full article »
My Journey with Alzheimers: A Caregiver’s Notebook (AsianWeek) Wed Nov 25 12:24:28 PST 2009 By Collin Tong It was more than ten years ago, in 1999, when I first discovered that my wife was having serious problems with short-term memory. We were on a walking tour of Provence in southern France when I noticed that Linda had forgotten to bring several items for our vacation. After we... Read full article »
The top ten ways your medical marijuana caregiver can show he really cares (Denver Westword) Wed Nov 25 11:10:31 PST 2009 You'd think that supplying medical marijuana to someone who needs medical marijuana — and has already had a licensed physician attest to that — would be enough to qualify a person as a "primary caregiver." But you'd be wrong, at least according to the Colorado Court of Appeals... Read full article »
Give care and take care of yourself, too taking care (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Wed Nov 25 02:13:15 PST 2009 Giving care to others requires taking care of yourself. Read full article »
Community Calendar (Deerfield Review) Wed Nov 25 02:16:18 PST 2009 Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date. Read full article »
Caregivers face economic blow (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) Tue Nov 24 14:52:15 PST 2009 More than a quarter of Canadians help co-ordinate health care for someone else, and some say they've taken a financial hit in the process, a new survey suggests. Read full article »
LifeCare® Offers 10 Tips for Choosing Safe Toys This Holiday Season (PRWeb) Wed Nov 25 00:04:49 PST 2009 This release shares 10 helpful tips for giving safe toys as gifts during this holiday season. (PRWeb Nov 25, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3258204.htm Read full article »
LifeCare® Offers 10 Tips for Choosing Safe Toys This Holiday Season (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Tue Nov 24 23:00:00 PST 2009 This release shares 10 helpful tips for giving safe toys as gifts during this holiday season. Read full article »
Community Calendar (The Southern Pines Pilot) Tue Nov 24 14:29:13 PST 2009 Community Interest The Haven is sponsoring a pet food drive. Dry dog and cat food may be deposited at Olmsted Cleaners in Olmsted Village in Pinehurst or at Bennett Street in Southern Pines, and Post Box Plus on N.C. 5 in Pinehurst. Read full article »
American General agrees to reinstate a grieving N.J. family's life insurance policy (The Star-Ledger) Tue Nov 24 04:07:55 PST 2009 JENNIFER BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGER Yoel Mayerfeld with family photos. His father's life insurance company canceled his father's policy after the elder Mayerfeld was late on a payment as he cared for his dying wife. Nobody wants to burden loved ones with... Read full article »