“You are too young,” each doctor said as Jeff Borghoff was diagnosed with illnesses unrelated to dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. One doctor even recommended meditation. A Geeky Nerd Before it was Cool Twenty years ago, Jeff was a technical architect. He developed computer software. When he reached t[...]
“A Memoir of Life, Love, and Caregiving” for a loved one after a paralyzing stroke. Kathi Koll lived the dream for six years with her real-estate developer husband before everything came to a screeching halt. He suffered a stroke – he would not walk, talk, or breathe on his own, ag[...]
A New Font that Boosts Your Memory Stephen Banham and his team created a new font to help people remember. Based at RMIT, a research university in Melbourne, the team named their font Sans Forgetica. “The font is based on the psychological principle of ‘desirable difficulty’ and improves memor[...]
RISE offers a meaty answer to today’s short-attention spans with 7- to 15-minute inspirational video interviews with people who have been knocked down in life and got up again. Resilience spokesperson, Cheryl Hunter, who at age 18, was abducted, raped, beaten and left for dead, conducts the in[...]
It’s National Family Caregivers and Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. For over two decades, the U.S. has taken the initiative to recognize family caregivers and raise awareness of Alzheimer’s during the month of November. During The Caregiver’s Voice 20th Anniversary, we are relea[...]
When a caregiver’s LIFE grows too overwhelming and stressful, it’s time to step away. What’s one guilt-free way to take a break from hands-on caregiving? Take a one-day sabbatical! University professors take months off! Leading Silicon Valley companies encourage employees to redire[...]
Carrie was 31-years old when she learned she had inherited the rare Presenilin 1 Alzheimer’s gene that took her father’s life shortly after his 43rd birthday. Just as she and each of her two siblings had a 50-50 chance of inheriting this gene, so do each of her three children – Han[...]
As I reflect upon our 20th Anniversary online while working with caregiving families for people with dementia, I’m happy to see media covering more dementia and caregiving topics. Years ago, major media outlets weren’t interested. It seemed we’d see a published article once a quart[...]
Lisa Genova, neuroscientist and author of Still Alice, gave a TED talk early last year in Vancouver. Her remarks began with: Let’s project out into the future, to your future “yous,” and let’s imagine that we’re all 85. Now, everyone look at [the person beside you]. One[...]
Almost twenty years ago, I finished writing “Where’s my shoes?” My Father’s Walk through Alzheimer’s. It was released in hardcover in 1999. My father observed: This Alzheimer’s must be an important subject to have such a big book about it! I had already written fo[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice features a video by Roberto Carlo Chiesa of Modesto-based Alexandria Perrin Company for VOICES with Dementia. Inspired by his sister, Roberto’s short-narrative film features Arlene, who lives with Alzheimer’s disease. (She was his late sister’s roommate [...]
Hooked through the Finish – One Heroic Caregiver! Actress, Author, and Caregiver, Kathryn Leigh Scott writes about her years caring for her late husband, Geoff Miller, founding editor of Los Angeles Magazine. He lived with a rare form of dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy. Initially, the[...]
