Please check out WBUR, Boston’s NPR station and website. They have done a great job covering a story about Theresa and Mary Agnes – a Boston-based daughter and mom (age 82) living with early stage Alzheimer’s. A year ago, Theresa started a Twitter account (@maryagneskelley) that shares her mom’s voice with the world. In the […]
Kudos to Sally Abrahms and the editorial team at AARP Bulletin for covering the topic this month, “The Caregiver’s Dilemma.” The article does a great job summarizing the social situation and offers practical advice to caregivers on discussing the topic of family caregiving and work performance with a boss. Moving forward with a listening heart, […]
I attended the two-day Conscious Capitalism Conference at Bentley University yesterday and today. It was a gathering of about 250 people who care about leading foremost with Spirit and Heart in their businesses and helping others to do so as well. International thought leaders, academics and business leaders convened to discuss future trends in business […]
The Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 26 – 29. My three biggest take-aways from the conference were: A. We are able to significantly reduce our risk for this disease and many other chronic diseases if we make nutritional choices that align with a Mediterranean diet (fruits, veggies, grains, fish) […]
This past week I had the opportunity to tour a model of senior assisted living I hadn’t seen before. It is called HEART (Housing Elders At Residences Together) Homes. In Peabody, MA there are four homes within local neighborhoods, all single-level ranches, that house 4-5 seniors who might otherwise be placed in long-term nursing facilities. […]
At a recent networking event, I met a representative from one of our local law firms here North of Boston. When I went to the site to learn more about their organization I found the following post: Law Offices of Spano & Dawicki Articles Proposed Chinese Law Would Require Adult Children to Visit Elderly Parents […]
The holidays – Thanksgiving Day, Hanukkah, Christmas Eve and Day, Kwanzaa, New Years Day, and all other religious and cultural rituals typically practiced in these coming weeks – can be both heartbreaking and heartwarming for families navigating extended illnesses. Heartbreak is acute for the families experiencing loss of their family member before the family member […]
