Guest article by Lawrence Friedhoff, MD, PhD My work in Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics began about 20 years ago. After completing my medical training, I was interested in exploring another side of medicine—how new drugs are developed. Attitudes toward dementia have changed drastically over the pas[...]
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. A cowboy? Who was this man donning a loose denim shirt unbuttoned at the collar, tight-fitting jeans with a belt accen[...]
If You Suspect Nursing Home Abuse, Collect These Pieces of Evidence Guest article by Sarah Blanchard People are not usually aware of nursing home abuse until it affects their family, directly. Each year, thousands of people living in care facilities are abused. A two-page National Center on Elder Ab[...]
Five Tips to Help People with Memory Loss Downsize Guest Post by Chris Seman It can be overwhelming to help adults with memory loss and those with dementia, to downsize their home belongings in preparation for a move into a senior care community. Organizations that specialize in support and services[...]
Physical (Analog) Calendars Save Caregivers Time If you’re looking for new ways of doing things in the New Year, consider these analog calendars by the House of Doolittle. They offer a variety of calendar formats to help caregivers stay organized through 2016. The Caregiver’s Voice revie[...]
That’s 365 Days at 24 Hours a Day x 60 Dear Caregiver, How will you spend your TIME in 2016? [UPDATE: 2016 is a Leap Year. See comment below this post.] Barring an unforeseen exit from the Stage of LIFE, we’ll each receive the same gift of 525,600 minutes to spend anyway we decide. Like [...]
Caring for your parents Guest article by Megan W. Minogue As our parents enter their elder years, they depend on us more and more for care and support. Here are five great ways for you to be a caregiver to your parents wherever they live — with you, on their own, or in a care facility. 1. List[...]
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 there was nothing they could do. Like many others who find a way to survive after the initial shock, she could function[...]
The year-end holidays are upon us. Depending on our traditions, we’ve already celebrated the eight days of Hanukkah. We’re looking forward to the Winter Solstice, Christmas (Orthodox Christmas is January 7), Boxing Day, and Kwaanza. Knowing how to tailor gift ideas for a caregiver and lo[...]
We often read that the leading causes of dementia include Alzheimer’s, vascular, Lewy body, Parkinson’s, mild cognitive impairment, and frontotemporal lobe dementia. There’s one type of dementia that far outnumbers all of the above, combined. Caregiver dementia strikes an estimated[...]
Time for a caregiver respite. With the year-end Holidays drawing near, it’s time to take stock of who sits around your dinner table. Are your family members a bunch of animals? Eeeeuuuww. That may NOT have come out as intended. Weaaaall actually… Take a two-minute caregiver respite. Clic[...]
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 on her dissertation research while living in St. Petersburg, Florida. She writes: I am interested in how the death of a f[...]
