caregiving

March 10, 2014 0

Have you planned ahead for caregiving? – Rabbi Address commentary on FamilyAffaires.com

Rabbi Address is a regular contributor to the FamilyAffaires.com website. In his latest commentary, he discusses the need for advanced planning for [Read more...]

December 5, 2013 0

Avoidable care and sacred care

Shalom. I just returned from a fascinating conference in Boston, MA sponsored by the Lown Institute. The theme of the meeting was “From Avoidable Care to Right [Read more...]

November 22, 2013 0

Employed Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care

Employed family caregivers, despite their workplace obligations, perform many of the tasks that health care professionals do—a range of medical/nursing tasks including [Read more...]

October 28, 2013 0

New York Times offers advice about assisted living for aging relatives

In a two-part series in its Boomers section, The New York Times is offering advice from Deborah Drelich, a geriatric care social worker and founder of a resource website, NY [Read more...]

May 19, 2013 0

Atlantic Magazine article, “How Not to Die,” focuses on end-of-life medical decisions

“Dr. Angelo Volandes is making a film that he believes will change the way you die,” the article begins. Read more at [Read more...]

April 5, 2013 0

Attention must be paid!

The New York Times (April 4, 2013) carried a front page article, “Dementia Study Predicts A Surge In Costs and Cases”. Referencing a RAND study reported in the [Read more...]

March 18, 2013 0

A Care-Giver’s Personal Journey: A MOMENT IN TIME: How random acts can change a life

Editor’s Note: This contribution is by Allan Brindell. I’ll never forget the day that my journey into the area of “care giving” began. Life was good! [Read more...]

Charles Ornstein with his mother Harriet Ornstein on his wedding day, weeks after she was mugged in a parking lot and knocked to the pavement with a broken nose. (Randall Stewart, Photo courtesy of Charles Ornstein)

February 28, 2013 1

How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care

by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Feb. 28, 2013, 8:59 a.m. This story was co-published with The Washington Post. Charles Ornstein My father, sister and I sat in the near-empty [Read more...]

January 16, 2013 0

What doctors want done for themselves at the end of life – RadioLab podcast

The public radio program RadioLab, heard locally on WHYY-FM in the Philadelphia market, offers a series of podcast “articles.” One recent article, “The [Read more...]

January 8, 2013 0

Resolutions or Re-soul-lutions?

Editor’s Note: JSA welcomes a new contributor, Shelly Christensen. Shelly Christensen is a Baby Boomer parent of an adult child with a disability whose mom is a vital [Read more...]

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