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[...]
This month’s Curated Article Excerpts for Caregivers include AI invading your privacy via your DNA, “Chewable Water” for people with dementia, another creative initiative from the Netherlands, and tips to deal with an angry person. In case you missed it, after 100-plus years, resea[...]
This compassion-filled inspirational initiative has gained a global following in a half-dozen years impacting hundreds of thousands of elders and young people. Begun in Copenhagen by Ole Kassow who biked to and from work, Cycling without Age is bringing joy and meaning to elders and young people, gl[...]
The benefits of healthcare go beyond patient convenience. Telehealth is a way to supplement healthcare, public health, and health education delivery and support by using telecommunications technology. Telehealth gives you the opportunity to see your doctor from the comfort of your home using your co[...]
In 1996, after my father was diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s, there were only 3.8 million people living in the U.S. with dementia and about 16 million, worldwide. Twenty-two years ago, this month, I persuaded my father to visit us. It took three years of gentle persuasion after my mother d[...]
After losing his father a day after his 43rd birthday, Bryan Salter, who was still in high school reflects with regret at not understanding his father’s Alzheimer’s disease. He laments on feeling embarrassed about his dad’s symptoms. Bryan Salter, 38, Diagnosed with a Rare-Inherited Form[...]
Mary Salter is in the unenviable position of being a “Momager” for two grown children with a rare form of inherited Alzheimer’s. No parent wishes this upon their children, but it was too late. She and her late husband and his family learned they had the Presenilin-1 gene after they[...]
Women Caregivers – Disproportionate Share [TCV Update 11/30/2020: The title URL no longer links to the intended content.] Worldwide, women provide 71% of care hours and many, without pay. This has dire consequences, including retiring in poverty due to lost wages while caregiving. The need for[...]
