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Applying Social Web Concepts (Video - Part II)

2008-12-01T12:20:31-05:00

Below is a 6 minute video that walks through how the large community of people caring for loved ones with disabilities and health issues can use the Carespace platform to better organize content and create new conversation. The brief video...

Applying Social Web Concepts (Video - Part I)

2008-11-30T11:04:13-05:00

Here is a 4:30 minute video clip that walks through how Carespace has built a platform to better organize existing information on the web around areas of disabilities and serious health issues. The brief video shows some examples of how...

Carespace and the "Social Web"

2008-11-16T17:05:28-05:00

It dawned on me this Sunday afternoon, as we launch CareSpace into the wild, that it might not be intuitive to everybody on how we can use "Social Web" technologies to make it easier for people in areas of disabilities...

Carespace.com is officially “Open for Business"

2008-11-12T21:09:46-05:00

Well, it has been several months since we last posted to the Carespace blog. I am sure at least my family noticed. The reason for the silence is all efforts have been inwardly focused on building the Carespace product itself....

More on the "Caregiver" Conundrum

2008-05-06T16:54:30-04:00

The responses to my last post illustrate some of the many takes on the word "caregiver." I'm grateful for all of them. Intense feelings about who we care for often supercede more general ideas around "caregiving." So much so that...

What Does "Caregiver" Mean To You?

2008-04-30T13:42:55-04:00

Recently I had a conversation with Nell Casey, the healthcare journalist who edited An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family (William Morrow 2007). Nell mentioned in passing that "people generally don't call themselves out as 'caregivers.' " There seems...

Book Review: The Moon in the Water: Reflections on an Aging Parent, by Kathy J. Phillips (Vanderbilt Univ. Press)

2008-04-17T14:24:47-04:00

On taking responsibility for an elderly parent, many of us hustle to the library or bookstore for the latest how-to books on managing the issues of aging. I wouldn't persuade you to do otherwise. But I would encourage you to...

The Rise of Mission-Related Investing – And Why It’s Important for People Caring for Others

2008-04-15T14:12:44-04:00

Reporting in the Boston Globe, Todd Wallack gives some much needed attention to a new model of collaboration between nonprofit foundations and biotech companies. Specifically, the foundations are investing in companies to support early drug research. In 2000, foundations invested...

Why We Should Open the Lens on Disability Savings

2008-04-04T15:57:22-04:00

The disability community is abuzz about the The Disabilities Savings Act of 2008 which was filed by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn) on March 11. A similar bill has yet to be introduced to the House. The Act encourages individuals and...

World Autism Awareness Day

2008-03-27T16:45:36-04:00

Last December 2007, the United Nations declared April 2, 2008 to be World Autism Awareness Day in perpetuity. Since then, there has been a steadily growing stream of information about and coverage of Autism in major media outlets. Of course,...