Five Steps I Took to Heal My Relationship with My Mother before She was Gone Guest Post Virginia A. Simpson, PhD, FT When beloved celebrities like David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Abe Vi[...]
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[...]
CAUTION: This is a FUNNY VIDEO that will have you shedding tears of laughter from more than your eyes! Caregiver, take a 7-minute respite and watch this funny scene from Whose Line[...]
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[...]
This 7-minute video, Person-Centered Matters: Making Life Better for Someone Living with Dementia, was originally released in December 2014 as a 16-minute video. I was surprised to[...]
Author Ronda Parsons serves as her mother-in-law’s devoted caregiver in Creating Joy & Meaning for the Dementia Patient. Nan’s mind is slowly slipping away due to dementia and [...]
Jan Ford – Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia is Only the Beginning Jan Ford is proof that a diagnosis of frontotemporal lobe dementia (FTD) is not the end of the world. After 22 y[...]
Can we train our brains in such a way that disrupts what we’ve learned to be true? For example, can you FORGET how to ride a bike? The answer is, Yes. One engineer, trained [...]
Change of Pace at Zzyzx Along the 15 freeway from Los Angeles to Las Vegas is a road called Zzyzx. The Zzyzx exit is just south of Baker – home of the world’s tallest t[...]
Caregiver Self-Care Guest article by Sharon Salzberg One of the ironies of being a caregiver for someone in our family or working in the helping professions is that we often don’t [...]
How to Hire Help Successfully through Craigslist Guest Article by Sharona Hoffman, PhD When I tell people that we hired a live-in aide for my father through Craigslist, they[...]
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[...]
