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When you’re in the midst of caregiving for someone with Alzheimers symptoms, sometimes the wheels of progress seem to move awfully slowly. And drug studies are no exception. Over the past decade there has been renewed interest in “The Mediterranean Diet” and its components.  Beyond reducing the risk of heart disease, certain parts of it have been also found to have an anti-aging component. Especially resveratrol, a compound found in red wine and grapes. There’s a new study with resveratrol starting in the US.  The lead investigator is R. Scott Turner, M.D., M.P.H.  of Georgetown University... (Read More ...)

Welcome. Be sure to to get your free Daily Inspirational Thoughts by going to www.CaregivingWithPurpose.com/Inspiration.. Thanks for visiting! Mothers often share knitting and inspirational thoughts with their daughters. Today I wrote a Mother’s Day post on The Knitting Yarn, and am sharing it with you here. Did you first learn to knit from your mother or grandmother? Many knitters did. Like many crafts, it connects the generations. Today is Mother’s Day, and I found a poem I thought you might enjoy…   A Mother’s LoveThere are times when only a mother’s loveCan understand our tears,Can... (Read More ...)

Welcome. Be sure to to get your free Daily Inspirational Thoughts by going to www.CaregivingWithPurpose.com/Inspiration.. Thanks for visiting! Play AudioPlay Video The theme for Older Americans Month 2012 is “Never Too Old To Play!” Reading about it on the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) website started me thinking about my Aunt Ina.  Even at 93 she was still active in playing bridge and other games.  She enjoyed games and life! Here is the article from the U.S. Administration on Aging about this year’s theme… Never Too Old To Play! May is Older Americans Month, a perfect opportunity... (Read More ...)

  Play AudioPlay Video Today is Day three of the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week from Eskimimi Makes.  And today’s challenge is to blog about someone who is your knitting or crochet hero. My knitting and crochet hero is the most amazing crafter I’ve ever met. She taught herself to crochet, spin, weave, knit, tat, dye yarn and more.  She even builds her own frames for weaving, and her own hand spindles for spinning. Most of her projects are made without a pattern.  Although she does test my knitting patterns. Never one to waste time, she will spin or crochet when walking next door. She... (Read More ...)

  Today is Day two of the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week from Eskimimi Makes.  And today’s challenge is to be creative with photography.  So, I decided to challenge myself with finding a way to combine knitting and caregiving, and set a scene.  Knitting can help pass the time, and it can also result in making something for the knitter or the one needing care. Sometimes it’s a way to get the one needing care interested in something, to take her thoughts off her illness.  Or maybe she can even “supervise” if she’s knitted in the past.  She might be excited to receive the... (Read More ...)