At the Alzheimer’s nursing home where my father lived, one of the residents had some dolls. This was the first time I saw an elder focused deeply while comforting a baby doll[...]
Which topics are drawing the most interest? I turned the tables on U.S. News & World Report, which publishes rankings and asked them and Caring.com which of the over 100 articl[...]
Gary Joseph LeBlanc says, “I was born a caregiver.” Who prepares for this role? Few of us, including me. I became a caregiver before I realized I was caregiving. Few op[...]
Joe Potocny is a FUNNY guy and he lives with Alzheimer’s and FTD. Suspicions of Alzheimer’s Joe had suspicions that he might have Alzheimer’s. Years later, in 2004, he receiv[...]
My father, Martin Avadian, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 86 by a geriatric assessment team shortly before a cowboy invited him to participate in a clinical drug study[...]
Eleven years ago, when Susan Suchan noticed she was forgetting important details, she received a diagnosis of younger onset Alzheimer’s. She was told to go home and live life, that[...]
We often read that the leading causes of dementia include Alzheimer’s, vascular, Lewy body, Parkinson’s, mild cognitive impairment, and frontotemporal lobe dementia. Th[...]
Research on Impact of Death of a Family Member with Alzheimer’s Disease Elizabeth H. Arruda, BSN, RN is a distance Nursing PhD student at Rush University in Chicago working o[...]
Caregiver Sheri Zschocher cares for her husband with Alzheimer's while working full time. And then she broke her foot and her mom died shortly after.[...]
Declutter To Reduce Caregiver And Care Recipient’s Stress Guest article by Chris Seman Studies report that clutter causes anxiety. Books such as Marie Kondo’s The Magic[...]
One voice with Alzheimer’s may have been silenced… but not forgotten. Co-founder of Dementia Alliance International [TCV Update 9/27/2022: URL Updated], the late Dr. Ri[...]
Sheri Zschocher began blogging in 2008 to cope with caring for her husband who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As a caregiver, she has found a sense of humor with humility. W[...]