The Caregiver’s Voice had the pleasure of interviewing UK-based Norman (“Norrms”) Mc Namara for this month’s VOICES with Dementia column. Diagnosed nearly 1[...]
Caregiver “Angel Elaine” is behind Norman McNamara’s worldwide advocacy efforts. After her husband, affectionately called Norrms, was diagnosed with dementia at age 50 [...]
Norman (Norrms) Mc Namara, who lives with dementia wrote “TODAY” to help us better understand what it’s like. (Unedited. TCV Ed.) TODAY Today I put [...]
Norrms, as he’s affectionately known, has been living with dementia for over seven years. First diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and then later with Lewy body dementia, his w[...]
Still Alice is a movie about Alice Howland, a happily married mother of three and a renowned Harvard linguistics professor, who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Bas[...]
What’s it like living with dementia? Fortunately, for caregivers, more people with dementia are speaking out about what it’s like on the “other side.” Last [...]
Norman Mc Namara has lived with dementia for almost seven years. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age fifty. A few years later, he was diagnosed instead with Lewy body de[...]
Do I Matter if I’m a Caregiver? Family caregivers and professionals matter. I thought I mattered while I was a full-time caregiver, though not everyone agreed. And despite th[...]
When I began as a caregiver for my father who was initially diagnosed with dementia and then with probable Alzheimer’s, few people spoke publicly about caregiving and dementi[...]
“I want to go home,” says Norrms McNamara who lives with dementia. Guest post by Norman McNamara We have all heard people with Dementia say it, “I want to go home[...]
Are we ready for a blood test predicting Alzheimer’s? This is GREAT! After all, it casts light on what we need–greater awareness of dementia, which was identified recen[...]
As research helps increase our awareness of the different causes of dementia, The Caregiver’s Voice offers a summary of the leading causes of dementia with a follow-up overvi[...]