Blogging

Blogging gives me the ability to write about timely subjects, adding my thoughts and alerting readers to upcoming events in the aging field (think conferences) or to my speaking events. For more than two years, I wrote a weekly blog for AARP.

After Caregiving: And Your Next Career Is. . .?

It may feel interminable, but your family caregiving days will be over some day. Really!...
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Five Avoidable Caregiver Mistakes

Now there are probably a lot more than just five caregiving mistakes! But in the...
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Caregiving Tasks: They Keep Coming

Is  there a doctor in the house? You might as well be one, according to...
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Six Ways Caregiving & Dating Can Go Together

What happened to sexytime and intimate relationships? If you’re a caregiver who happens to be single (one-third...
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Gardens as Medicine: 5 Things You Need to Know

courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital Want to feel better? Think nature....
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Three Ways to Make Your Town Dementia-Friendly

I always knew I lived in a cool, progressive place, but Brookline, Mass, the closest town...
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Eldercare Finally Recognized by Feds

  Wahoo, eldercare has arrived! The latest federal survey, which tracks how much time people...
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Caregivers: Leave Rights Clearer in FMLA Guide

Here's a Department of Labor (DOL) guide on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that working family...
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Do You Mind? Meditation for Caregivers

Grand Velas Riviera Maya via CreativeCommons.org It's time to take up...
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Neighborhood Websites For Caregivers?

  Lauren Wellicome via CreativeCommons.org   Could you name all the...
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Senior Centers Woo Boomers

Photo by George Contorakes/Masterfile           I know...
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Bad Thoughts About Caregiving

Certain thoughts are acceptable, but writing or saying them out loud are not. One of...
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