There's been several news stories recently about the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines. The bottom line: Nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population needs to eat more vegetables and we all eat too much sugar. A few foods that many of us were shying away from for health reasons received a cleaner bill of health:
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Category Archives: caregiving
Caregiving your Adult Parent with Alzheimer’s
Do you have, or know someone who has a parent with Alzheimer’s? Do you feel overwhelmed with the daunting task of caring for that loved one?
Join Dr Jo Anne White, host of Power Your Life, and her guest Shirley A Williams as they talk about how to care for your loved one while
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TODAY, Caregiving SOS live with Joni Aldrich and Michael Bloom at 2:00 p.m. ET
Caregiving SOS, Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 pm ET, 11:00 am PT, Gary Barg, Today’s Caregiver
Guest: Gary Barg, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of the first national magazine for caregivers, Today’s Caregiver, as well the original online caregiver community, caregiver.com. Today’s Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com combine information, advice and reader’s stories with interviews with celebrity caregivers such as Leeza Gibbons, Rob Lowe, Dana Reeve, Barbara Eden and
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Caregiving SOS, TODAY, Wed., Sept. 18th at 2:00 pm ET Guest: Stephanie Zimmerman, BSN, MSN, Survivor and Co-Founder of My Heart, Your Hands
Guest: Stephanie Zimmerman, BSN, MSN, Survivor and Co-Founder of My Heart, Your Hands: the story of late effects of cancer treatment. Stephanie discusses the impact that cancer has had throughout her lifetime on her family. A special focus will be on how Stephanie’s parents provided for her even in terms of education on her
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Finding the Humor in Caregiving!
What would you do if your 97-year-old mother-in-law got stuck on her sofa and a neighbor had to call the rescue squad to get her up? Or what if your own 92-year-old mother decided to give up underpants?
When these things happened to Charlotte Johnson Jones—my guest on this week's show—she says
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CAREGIVING SOS TODAY, The Delicate Balance: A Mindful Approach to Caregiving!
CAREGIVING SOS today at 2:00 p.m. EST on www.W4CS.com and www.W4WN.com (right after The Cindy Laverty Show) with Phyllis Quinlan author of The Delicate Balance: A Mindful Approach for Professional and Family Caregivers. This poignant and timely work is intended to help those professional and family caregivers who are
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CAREGIVING SOS, TODAY, March 20, 2:00 p.m. EST, January Jones, Author, Thou Shalt Not Whine
While I'm not known as a adamant whiner, I have been known to whine--at least to myself. Caregivers can have quite a bit to whine about. However, I'd be the first to admit that whining isn't very helpful; action is better. So this week, we'll discuss whine prevention with my guest, January Jones. A self-proclaimed “
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CAREGIVING SOS, TODAY at 2:00 p.m. EST Author Coy F. Cross
Author Coy F. Cross II, in his book The Dhance, searches for meaning within his precious wife’s bout with ovarian cancer. Instead of collapsing into despair and questioning “Why,” Coy discovered tools to help him be with Carol in a manner that helped her. Coy details how by being consciously present, “I learned there
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CAREGIVING SOS, TODAY, Wed., Feb. 6th at 2:00 p.m. EST with Joni Aldrich
Gary Barg has been talking about caregiving issues since 1995--well before most of us even knew what it meant to be a caregiver. He is founder and Editor-In-Chief of the first national magazine for caregivers, Today’s Caregiver, and the original online caregiver community, caregiver.com. Today’s Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com (full of
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