Family Caregivers Need Access & Training on Assistive Technologies
By Guest Blogger Kathleen Kelly, MPA, Executive Director, Family Caregiver Alliance, National Center on Caregiving As the demographics shift to reflect an aging population, innovation abounds in the...
View ArticleAOTA’s Older Driver Safety Awareness Week: Starting the Conversation with a...
By Guest Blogger Elin Schold Davis, OTR/L, CDRS, Project Coordinator for the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Older Driver Awareness Week Why dedicate a week to older drivers? The concern...
View ArticleCan Full-Time Family Caregivers Get Paid?
By Guest Blogger Erin Palmer, Writer and Editor at Bisk Education Every day in the United States, millions of people play the part of a full-time caregiver to family members with disabilities and...
View ArticleGroundbreaking New Study from Easter Seals Looks at Sibling Caregivers
By Guest Bloggers Dr. Patricia Wright, Ph.D., MPH and National Director of Autism Services at Easter Seals, and Rachel Talen, Public Relations Coordinator, Easter Seals We often think of spouses,...
View ArticleSupporting Family Caregivers of Wounded, Injured and Ill Veterans
By Guest Blogger Garry J. Augustine, Executive Director, DAV Last month’s special report in the Washington Post highlighted the challenges and opportunities family caregivers face in caring for their...
View ArticleBecoming Mom’s Advocate
By Guest Blogger Stephanie Torreno, Author of Keeping My Balance: A Memoir of Disability and Determination I never thought I would need to become an advocate for my mother. All of her life Mom fought...
View ArticleWhen a Caregiver Dies
By Guest Blogger Kathe Palermo Skinner, M.A., L.M.F.T. For 70 years, she put up with his (sometimes volcanic) rumblings. He doted on her with diamonds and was a poorer father for it. The youngest of...
View ArticleThe Hidden Lives of Caregiving Youth
By Guest Bloggers Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD and Shelley Gottsagen, MNM, American Association of Caregiving Youth If someone has a disability, some people may wonder, “Why in the world would you have a...
View ArticleLiving a Healthier Life: A Report by AbilityPath Provides Tips for “Finding...
By Guest Blogger Sheryl Young, Chief Executive Officer of Community Gatepath (Gatepath) and AbilityPath.org New Year’s resolutions are easy to make, but hard to keep. According to a recent statistic,...
View ArticleHow to Pay for Long-term Care on a Fixed Budget
By Guest Blogger Max Gottlieb, Content Editor, SeniorPlanning.org Long-term care costs are rising yearly, and with more people approaching age 65 than ever before, the rates are not expected to fall....
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