Caregiver Services : Joy's House

April 6, 2017

Chances are that you have heard of Alzheimer’s disease. But, do you know the man after whom this memory robbing disease is named? Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer was born on June 14, 1864, in the small Bavarian town of Marktbreit, Germany. He excelled in science and attended the Universities of Berlin, Tübingen and Wurzburg, where...

Three’s a Crowd

March 23, 2017

Intimacy and Romance While Caregiving Author, actress and past caregiver, Kathryn Leigh Scott recently joined us on Caregiver Crossing to discuss how she coped when her husband, Jeff Miller, founding editor of Los Angeles Magazine, was diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). She let us into one of his hallucinations of having Princess Diana visit...

Caregiver Tax Tips

March 23, 2017

Tax season can be a confusing time in and of itself, but throwing in caring for a loved one with a life-altering diagnosis + tax credits + deductions and you have the potential for real confusion. Tax Preparation Made Easy Thanks to our friends at Lilly for Better Health and CareGiving.com for their work in...

Are you a caregiver?

March 15, 2017

Pauline Coderre and Desiree Moody, both with Lilly for Better Health joined us on Caregiver Crossing to discuss two of the most difficult aspects of caregiving as published in recent blog posts on CareGiving.com. The first, being how to talk with family members about the roles and responsibilities of caregiving in order to maintain harmony...

Caregivers – We have a gift for you

March 6, 2017

A Day Away Caregiver Retreat The staff and volunteers at Joy’s House invite you to a free event for all caregivers on April 8th. The day will start with a full breakfast, and an exciting key note presentation from Kathryn Leigh Scott. Attendees will then have the opportunity to attend educational breakout sessions and pampering massages,...

February 28, 2017

CARE Kits are binders filled with templates and trackers that can be shared within the caregiver’s support and medical team. This critical tool was essentially designed to help caregivers keep important information in one place and to educate them on the many details of caring for a loved one with a life altering diagnosis. What...

Love – A Note from Tina

January 19, 2017

As we move into and through 2017, Joy’s House is focusing on LOVE. And really, could there be a more complex emotion to take on? Love is deep, people. Really deep. There is romantic love and agape love. There is self-love and goodwill, momentary love and friendship, playful love and love of things or foods...