Welcome to The Caregiver’s Voice Media Room
TheCaregiversVoice.com celebrates 13 years of helping caregivers for adults with brain impairment. The facts remain:
- More people are being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia; plus stroke and cancer brain than ever before.
- Even though we know more about dementing illnesses, we still don’t have a CURE for the primary causes such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, vascular dementia.
- Despite all the information available; today, families still arrive at the doorstep of caregiving with very little preparation.
- The 25% rise in diagnoses over the past dozen years combined with the severe reduction of state and federal budgets, mean families will bear the caregiving burden alone.
Our mission at The Caregiver’s Voice is to bring hope and strength to caregivers of adults with brain impairment through awareness, support, and humor.
Thank you for visiting and please browse and click on the links we provide to other pages on our site.
Brenda Avadian, MA
Caregiver Spokesperson, Advocate, & Author
Founder of TheCaregiversVoice.com
TCV MEDIA KIT
- Author Photo: high-resolution image of Brenda Avadian
- “Where’s my shoes?” My Father’s Walk through Alzheimer’s Book Cover: high-resolution image
- Finding The Joy in Alzheimer’s: Caregivers Share the JOYFUL Times Book Cover: high-resolution image
- Interview Questions
- Story Ideas
TCV MEDIA RELEASES
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MEDIA COVERAGE and RADIO INTERVIEWS
The Dr. Carol Show (Morning Show in Nashville, TN)
Dr. Carol interviews Brenda Avadian, MA, of TheCaregiversVoice.com and the Alzheimer’s Association. Brenda quickly weaves three tips with stories in this 13-minute segment: Finding JOY through the Tears.
Reuters Money: As the Cost of Care Rises, Families Bear the Burden
Excerpt: Trying to predict what it’s going to be like to care for an elderly parent is like trying to see into the 17th dimension.
Right at Home includes The Caregiver’s Voice Blog as one of
8 Great Caregiver Blogs
After a dozen years, we made it to the Top 50 Aging and Gerontology Blogs.
See under “Hospice and Elder Care.” A great resource for the media and caregivers!
MSNBC Interview: Money hiders risk a wealth of woes
Excerpt: Brenda Avadian, a 49-year-old caregiver advocate from Pearblossom, Calif., says “her heart stopped” when she found a packet of 30-year-old U.S. savings bonds shoved between two books while visiting her father.
Caring.com: What Causes That “Old-Person Smell”?
We know it when we smell it, though it can be hard to describe, and even harder to talk about. Sometimes we describe it as musty, sometimes as medicinal, sometimes — sadly — we just find it vaguely unpleasant. But what causes that “old-person smell”?
MORE MEDIA COVERAGE of Brenda Avadian, MA and The Caregiver’s Voice
ABOUT BRENDA AVADIAN, MA
Brenda Avadian, MA founded The Caregiver’s Voice a dozen years ago while writing the pioneering “Where’s my shoes?” My Father’s Walk through Alzheimer’s. Titled after the (grammatically-incorrect) question her father asked repeatedly while suffering from dementia, Brenda kept a journal of his five-year journey. (Read more about Brenda.)
