California's organ donor consent form that accompanies your driver's license renewal presents an issue--should a prisoner be entitled to your organs?[...]
Should your loved one continue driving? California's driver's license Medical Information Acknowledgment form will help facilitate discussion. Two areas stood out in the proc[...]
The Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center, a service of the National Institute on Aging, released a guide recently for those who care for family members o[...]
I have been thankful for a long time that I was born toward the end of the baby boom generation. With few exceptions (such as the financial mess we’re in), I believe the lead[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice answers questions about preventing abuse in nursing homes. How do my sisters, brother, and I ensure that Mom won’t be abused in the nursing home? [...]
It’s one thing to deal with our own clutter (uh-hmm, possessions). What happens when we have to dispose of our loved one’s things? Holly Whiteside, author of The Caregi[...]
Toward the end of my father’s life, he had difficulty chewing food and eventually swallowing. I didn’t know it then. One morning, while feeding him breakfast at the nursing home, I[...]
Alzheimer's disease--Four updates: sign petition and support a cross-country bike ride to raise awareness, consider participating in a clinical trial, and snort insulin for improve[...]
Expert wife and husband team, Roya Sayadi, PhD, CCC-SLP and Joel Herskowitz, MD, answer this question. Swallowing can be tricky. It’s not something we usually pay much attention to[...]
If you had the option of being tested to see if you had the marker for Alzheimer's disease years before you showed any of the effects (e.g., forgetfulness, disorientation), would y[...]
I was touched by how Holly Whiteside dealt with her mother’s treasured possessions after she died of Alzheimer’s. She describes it in The Caregiver’s Compass. Sin[...]
A beautifully created book. Easy to read, featuring a photo on every other page. Mother-daughter co-authors, Gayle Alexander and Anne Alexander Vincent, present Gayle’s work as the[...]
