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ELSIE Betham and Margaret Nepia care a lot about the elderly people at Hazelwood Home in Ngaio. But they feel the Government needs to care more about them – both the elderly and the caregivers who look after them. “The money is very low and it doesn’t add up for what we do,” Elsie told NewsWire reporter Jenny Meyer.

Today's Hingham Journal reported that the Hingham Police and Fire Departments are now offering Project Lifesaver, a program that can locate a wandering child or adult.  The adults or children who are at risk for wandering, either because of dementia, autism or other conditions, wear a tamper-proof

A recent post on the Time/CNN blog The Curious Capitalist highlights some of the findings from research recently completed by the U.S. Census:  a state-by-state look at fertility. Personally, the study’s title makes me feel a little like an amoeba in a petri dish, but that’s beside the point.

Scaredy Scouts Written by Mandy on September 2nd, 2008 in Caregiver's Corner, Emotional Issues, Family, Links. No Comments Multiple Sclerosis– especially Relapsing-Remitting MS– will drive you crazy. I’ve been asked to fly cross country  to give a seminar on a website promotion package that I’ve put together for a national trade organization.

When we caregivers must get help with caregiving and our loved ones enter assisted living or nursing homes, we worry. How will they be without our constant oversight? The change for me wasn't dramatic, when my first elder went into a nursing home, as it was my uncle and my parents were still in fairly good health.

I have a friend who fled New Orleans a few days ago. He is father, a dad, a son, and a husband. He left town with a caravan. He’s a caregiver extraordinaire. Not because he thought it’d be fun. It’s because he loves his family. In one car was his wife, his wife’s mother who is wheelchair bound and with a catheter and oxygen.

Would you be this woman’s nanny? Posted by Betsy Shaw in working mothers, Current Events, Caregivers, Behind the Scenes | August 31st, 2008 | Comments(6) » A classified ad, posted on Craigslist by a Manhattan mom, desperate for a live in nanny, opened with this line: “My kids are a pain in

Extending safe havens beyond babies Posted by Beth Hering in Current Events, Child safety, Parenting, Caregivers, Pregnancy, Babies | August 31st, 2008 | Comments(2) » In my home state of Illinois, more than 40 babies have been handed over to workers at fire stations, hospitals, and other places designated as “safe havens” since the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act began in 2001.

Babies can be awfully particular about who’s allowed to hold them. A baby even as young as two months may cry when a stranger picks her up, though stranger anxiety becomes really obvious about the time baby starts to crawl. Once a baby can crawl or walk, she suddenly becomes clingy and shows a greater fear of strangers.

"Resilience" or the concept of "increasing personal resilience" is something we're hearing about more and more in connection with PTSD. For combat veterans and their families, the greater the amount of personal resilience, the more fully they'll be able to...