Sherri Snelling

Sherri Snelling is a gerontologist, consultant and national speaker specializing in caregiver wellness. She is CEO and founder of Caregiving Club and author of A Cast of Caregivers – Celebrity Stories to Help You Prepare to Care.

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New Studies Find 9/11 First Responders May Have Increased Dementia Risk

Research points to PTSD and Ground Zero toxic dust as contributing factors

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

New Research Finds Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk

Taking a close look at two studies released at the Alzheimer's Association conference

JULY 30, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

4 Forecasts for Family Caregivers in a Post-Pandemic World

These are the silver linings ahead due to the coronavirus

JUNE 26, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

Dealing With the Added Challenges of Home Care During the Coronavirus Crisis

How professional and family caregivers are coping

MARCH 26, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

Joan Lunden on Aging: We Have to ‘Decline to Decline’

The author and former TV host on sleep, stress and self-care

MARCH 11, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

Side by Side With B. Smith In Her Alzheimer’s Fight

B. Smith and Dan Gasby getting married in 1992

After B. Smith's death, Next Avenue is republishing our story about her

FEBRUARY 23, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

Study Finds Ridesharing Services Improve Older Adults’ Lives

A researcher says results show promise for combating social isolation

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | By Sherri Snelling

Money & Policy

Shopping Made Easier for Family Caregivers

A recent AARP study shows the problem is all too real

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 | By Sherri Snelling

Money & Policy

3 New Alzheimer’s Studies’ Goal: ‘Preparing Us for a Cure’

UsAgainstAlzheimer's focused on patients, caregivers and pharmaceuticals

JULY 19, 2019 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

New Research Sheds More Light on Alzheimer’s in Women

Alzheimer's conference studies on biological, genetic and socioeconomic factors

JULY 18, 2019 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

5 Ways to Find Happiness as a Family Caregiver

It's one of the toughest jobs, but caregiving can also offer joy

FEBRUARY 13, 2018 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

9 Ways Family Caregivers Can Get a Break

Here's how to get respite care, and sometimes get help paying for it

JUNE 23, 2017 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

How This 93-Year-Old Product Designer Is Smashing Age Stereotypes

And why Barbara Knickerbocker Beskind hates walkers

JUNE 5, 2017 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

‘Tough’ Male Caregivers Highlighted in Media Spots

They champion the unpaid work of 16 million U.S. men caring for family members

MAY 2, 2017 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

First U.S. ‘Dementia Village’ Recreates a Happier Time

Its goal is to take people with dementia back to a time when they didn't feel lost

APRIL 26, 2017 | By Sherri Snelling

Caregiving

Using Virtual Reality to Get Inside an Ailing Person’s World

VR can stoke empathy among caregivers and health care workers

FEBRUARY 13, 2017 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

Are Robotic Pets as Good as Real Ones for Older Adults?

A new generation of interactive companions may help combat isolation

DECEMBER 7, 2016 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

How Seth Rogen Is Getting Millennials to Fight Alzheimer’s

He founded Hilarity for Charity with his wife, whose mom has early-onset Alzheimer's

OCTOBER 14, 2016 | By Sherri Snelling

Health

How Caring for Her Blind Husband Challenged Their Marriage

The challenges of blindness are explored in this new PBS documentary

OCTOBER 13, 2016 | By Sherri Snelling

Living

Multigenerational Living Is Back and That’s a Good Thing

A renewed interdependence can be healthy for children and older adults

OCTOBER 6, 2016 | By Sherri Snelling

Living

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s #MeToo Moment

The late Supreme Court Justice on the importance of breaking the silence

Special Report

Group of older adults enjoying coffee at a coffee house.

In Good Company

We all feel lonely at times. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Special Report

Strengthening Rural Health Care for Older Adults

This special report includes storytelling, news and information about health care for older adults in rural areas

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