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[...]
When incurable illness strikes or we reach a certain age, many of us begin to wonder about our legacies. What has been my contribution to the world? Will people remember me? Someti[...]
Grieving the loss of his beloved wife of fifty years, Caregiver of the Month Don Mc Cormick and former Navy sailor was finding life hard to bear. He found few reasons to live after[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice will be launching a new column called VOICES with Dementia. During the latter part of the last century (mid-to late nineties), few voices of people with demen[...]
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[...]
What will be the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia on Baby Boomers? Over the last few years, there has been increasing media coverage of the aging Boomer population and the [...]
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[...]
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[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice INSPIRATION – You are Here Written by Karen Morand, Dale G. Butler, and Bakhus Saba, “You Are Here” is music video about younger-onset[...]
Diagnosing Dementia too early can be dangerous. For over a century, dementia could only be diagnosed after autopsy. This left millions of people with dementia and their families co[...]