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Caregiver Content
This area is designed to help people who are transitioning into a caregiver role or who are already taking on caregiver responsibilities. It will be a place where you can find helpful posts while navigating the challenges associated with caregiving.


A How-To Guide To Preserve Loved Ones' Stories
A look at our Masonicare Storyteller Project

Brian Sherwood
Feb 122 min read


Financial Risks of Caregiving
This piece by Amy Goyer on the AARP site about her experience being driven to bankruptcy. It’s worth a read with some valuable lessons as...

Brian Sherwood
Mar 17, 20211 min read


What We’re Following Today
Music in Dementia Cases Why is it important to include music in your life? Here’s some reasons: three videos that illustrate music’s...

Brian Sherwood
Nov 13, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today October 30, 2020: Caregiver Info
Did you know November is National Family Caregiver Month This program for caregiver essays is really a great idea. We know at Generation...

Brian Sherwood
Oct 30, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today October 29, 2020: elder topics
The Mounting Cost of Isolation in the Community Most at Risk This article on NBC news caught my eye and in light of recent news about...

Brian Sherwood
Oct 29, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today October 22, 2020
Today I'm just going to do a quick little bit about my recent experience heading out to Illinois to arrange for the funeral and interment...

Brian Sherwood
Oct 22, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today October 2, 2020
Today I wanted to call a little attention to some programming happening in the next week or two. Are You (Too?) Cozy in your Covid Nest?...

Brian Sherwood
Oct 2, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today September 22, 2020
World Alzheimer’s Day Yesterday was World Alzheimer’s Day. This post on hello.com was a great place to link to a variety of different...

Brian Sherwood
Sep 22, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today September 4, 2020
Skipping Rocks - the right way I love skipping rocks. Any time I get to a pond or river or the ocean, I just am drawn to it. It’s almost...

Brian Sherwood
Sep 4, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today August 24, 2020
Today we're self promoting a bit with a fantastic piece on living and caring for a loved one with dementia and some good tips on...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 24, 20201 min read


The Wanderer
Song to set the theme: “The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion. The song, with a 12-bar...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 23, 20207 min read


What We’re Following Today August 18, 2020
Here’s some good caregiver training videos courtesy of UCLA Health. They represent some good ways to approach common and uncommon...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 18, 20201 min read


What We're Following Today August 12, 2020
Dementia Sufferers, 1/3 Consider Giving Up in COVID Environment Again, COVID can lead to many other side effects including those of...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 12, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today August 10, 2020
The Alzheimer’s Association of Michigan is Running Free Virtual Conferences If you are looking for some caregiver topics that are...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 10, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today August 4, 2020
Tragic Case To Be Sorted Out This came up in my feed about a disabled man who was diagnosed with COVID 19 and who died, perhaps in part...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 4, 20204 min read


What We’re Following Today July 29, 2020
Today we’ll focus on abuse. A woman from Creditcards.com pointed me in the direction of this first post from Anastasiia Staples....

Brian Sherwood
Jul 29, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today July 23, 2020
Today I'll look into some things regarding dementia. I felt like I wanted to get on YouTube to look at things less "clinically" and find...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 22, 20203 min read


What We’re Following Today July 15, 2020
Popular ageism misconceptions Here’s a blog post calling out certain stereotypical misconceptions about people who are getting older. On...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 15, 20202 min read


What We’re Following Today July 14, 2020
A new concept in elder living particularly for those who might need specialized memory care has come to Shelton, CT. I received an email...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 14, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today July 13, 2020
If you missed it, here was the Zoom webinar about aging in place or deciding to move from the family homestead that Colin Healy and I did...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 13, 20203 min read
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