by Jana Panarites | May 16, 2019 | Podcasts |
Chicago native Denise M. Brown founded CareGiving.com at a time when Google, Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia didn’t even exist. Everyone told Denise she was wasting her time. No one would be interested in a website like CareGiving.com. She launched the site...
by Jana Panarites | Feb 21, 2019 | Podcasts |
Brooklyn-born attorney and empowerment guru Tamesha Keel was riding high in her career when her father died and she took on the role of sole caregiver for her mother. Years earlier her mother had survived a massive brain hemorrhage. She couldn’t live alone, so she...
by Jana Panarites | Nov 6, 2018 | Alzheimer's |
Did you know that November is National Caregiver Appreciation Month? This is an excellent time to recognize the long hours, sacrifice, patience and love — not to mention hard won humor! — all caregivers bring to the task of caring for a loved one with...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 25, 2018 | Podcasts |
New Yorker Jennifer Levin talks about how becoming a caregiver for her father at age 32 changed her and why she wrote about her experience in Cosmopolitan digital magazine. Initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Jennifer’s father was eventually diagnosed with...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 18, 2018 | Podcasts |
When her husband proposed a month’s vacation in Mexico, Susan Reid hesitated – fearful of being away from her elderly parents for so long. Susan’s mother is diabetic and her father has dementia. Neither parent drives, unless you count the golf cart Susan calls...