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10/07/2024

"What does it mean to be a changemaker? It means stepping up to bat for what you believe in...promising to advocate for and shedding light on the underrepresented and the undervalued." - Success, The Changemakers Issue

Join us for the 6th Annual Changemaker Breakfast THIS FRIDAY 10.11.24

"Nearly 1 in 5 girls are still not completing lower-secondary and nearly 4 in 10 girls are not completing upper-secondary school today." ~UN

This motivates us to gather together Friday and celebrate our common goal to help girls globally have the opportunity to learn, lead, and succeed.

09/17/2024

The Women & Girls Index (WDI) consistently shows that less than 2% of all philanthropic support goes to organizations dedicated to women and girls?!?

Join us on 10.11.24 to give to girls' education and give your business a boost through networking, mentorship, and community collaboration.

09/16/2024

I cold called Michelle a dozen years ago to invite her to support a literacy cause. Michelle is a leader, a reader, and a philanthropist. She said yes. We have been fast friends ever since.

Michelle's firm, Gentlestone Wealth is once again partnering with us to bring you the annual Changemaker Breakfast to benefit Room to Read on 10.11.24

09/12/2024

Just one month away, get your tickets today! 6th Annual Changemaker Breakfast to benefit Room to Read. Join us 10.11.24 in Central NJ for a morning of networking and connecting to support and empower each other and make life better for women around the world.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/changemaker-breakfast-to-benefit-room-to-read-tickets-950215699737?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/12/2024

Grateful to share my dementia advocacy story on Greg Gerber's Forward From 50 site: Helping men and women over the age of 50 to enjoy purposeful lives by pursuing things they are truly passionate about.

Nicole discovered plenty of books talking about dementia, but she really needed help caring for a parent with dementia.

09/11/2024

"Professional expertise, voice, & lived experience - together - are essential to improve situations."

I am flush with lived experience in caring for aging parents, two of whom have dementia. Navigating the legal, medical, financial, practical, and emotional aspects of caregiving is overwhelming.

I share my book and my ongoing learning journey with senior communities, faith communities, senior centers, book clubs, podcasts, caregiving companies, and seminars. You are not alone!

Dementia Awareness Advocate, Speaker & Daughter

08/04/2024

"Do you know how much TIME IS WASTED when kids have to book a flight, get to the hospital, realize they don't have any paperwork they will need (living will, power of attorney, long term care insurance, VA paperwork, etc.) and the kids end up spending HOURS AND HOURS trying to sort through files, drawers, "that box in the closet"... - Annalee Kruger

Get your docs in order for your parents, yourselves, and your kids over 18. AND have these conversations BEFORE there is a crisis! *NOT during the holidays!

Diagnosis: Dementia helps you answer the questions: What do I do? Where do I start? Who can help? This is your guide to begin the legal, financial, medical, and emotional conversations to make crit…

08/03/2024

New to caregiving or think it may be in your near future? Sign up for this free webinar from two nurses:

We see you. We see the love and dedication you pour into every aspect of caring for your aging parents. The overextend of yourself, feeling like you're perpetually treading water, grappling with intense feelings of being swamped, frustrated, and lost. If you are currently caring for an aging loved o...

08/01/2024

Join us for the 6th Annual Changemaker Breakfast to benefit Room to Read! Jenny Laden is the author of This Terrible True Thing, Winner of the Best Young Adult Audiobook, 2023.

Friday, October 11th, 2024 Somerset Hills Hotel, a Tapestry Collection by Hilton

The first 25 registrants will receive a hardcover copy of the book, courtesy of Gentlestone Wealth

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/changemaker-breakfast-to-benefit-room-to-read-tickets-950215699737?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/30/2024

"...as women, it seems we really, really have this tendency to take responsibility for things that aren’t our responsibility...remember that everyone else’s bad days are not your problem to fix."

Parents have the right to make the wrong decisions, BUT
"... it’s the consequences of your parent’s decisions that can be especially hard to let go. Particularly when these decisions create problems and suffering for them and more work and challenges for you."

Read the blog by Daughterhood founder Anne Tumlinson

Learn the most effective strategies for fighting the stress that comes from having total responsibility for your parents’ care.

06/20/2024

REAL support for caregivers! Thank you Leeza's Care Connection!

Welcome to Leeza's Care Connection. If you are a caregiver and in need of help, you are in good company.

06/19/2024

Dr. K shares what to do when you are concerned about an aging parent and they are reluctant to accept help. Especially hard to gauge how things are going if you live far away. Go with your gut and enlist the help of others.

Do you know the difference between incompetent, incapacitated and incontinent?!?

"...we should never start by jumping to the conclusion that someone has developed dementia and needs elder care."

A geriatrician explains what to do if you think an aging parent needs help or elder care. Learn how mental capacity is assessed.

06/10/2024

Very excited to be a part of this incredible network of women. Women/daughters do most of the caregiving for aging parents. I want to share what I have learned and continue to experience to make the journey a bit easier for others.

SAYge Link is a support platform that matches women with peer support from another woman who has been there, harnessing the power in women's shared stories and life experiences.

https://www.saygelink.com/saygepro/v/nicole-smith

06/09/2024

"Bookstores can be magical places, and there's always a need for magic in the world. Especially now, when we think about things like the loneliness epidemic, we need places where we can exist together, and bookstores provide that in a unique way."
The Lost Bookshop

06/06/2024

Happening in Hackettstown next week!

05/20/2024

"Alzheimer’s could become the physical, social and economic sinkhole of the 21st. Unless a moonshot treatment to stop or prevent Alzheimer’s is fast-tracked, Alzheimer’s is projected to cumulatively cost more than $20 trillion by 2050."

Many scientists believe prevention is possible through lifestyle changes: restful sleep, exercise, diet, socialization, reduced alcohol consumption, stress management, hydration, lifelong learning. Can't stuff all that into a pill.

Until I was five, we lived in Newark, New Jersey, in the same house as my mom’s parents. Up the block, in a pleasant duplex, was the medical office of Dr. Victor Tepper, our family physician. If there was ever anything wrong, you went to see Dr. Tepper. If we were unable to leave the house for som...

05/11/2024

When people learn that my mom has Alzheimer's, they usually assume that means I probably have it too. Genetic factors contribute 5% to the equation... the rest is lifestyle.

Ask the Brain Doc. Listen to his interview on Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers.

homepage FEATURED IN visit our press page for the latest interviews with the docs MEET THE BRAINDOCS Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, ABPP-CN Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist read more Emily Clionsky, MD Diplomate – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology read more Friday, LD (Labra Doodle) Re...

05/01/2024

Wonderful conversation with Alzheimer's Speaks founder Lori La Bey about how create a plan for aging, navigate the dementia journey, and my book.

Learn from the lessons Nicole J. Smith learned while caring for both parents and an in-law living with dementia.