Giving Home Healthcare Workers the Safety They Deserve Guest article by Paul Ambrose Home healthcare workers enter patients’ homes each day to aid in care. Their clients may [...]
Signs It’s Time to Move Your Loved One into a Care Facility Guest article by Ashley Uhler Many caregivers for people with dementia want to care for their loved one at home. H[...]
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 agai[...]
Touching Each Other’s and Caregivers’ Lives As we close out the third year of featuring one voice every month in the VOICES with Dementia column, we are humbled by som[...]
There’s a saying among people who work with people with dementia: Meet one person with dementia and you’ve met one person with dementia. We can’t generalize among the diverse ways [...]
At Death’s Door brings to life the end of life. Many of us remain unaware of the important issues families face near the end of life. What does a DNR/DNI entail? What are the leadi[...]
The Elder Health Tree: A Resource for Healthy & Happy Aging Guest article by Justin Schein One day, we may find ourselves in the challenging role of caregiver. If life unfolds [...]
Tracy Mobley grew up tending pigs and crops on a farm near Cabool, Missouri. She married her high school sweetheart and moved to Oklahoma. Within a few years, he began abusing her [...]
It seems a little strange to hear “Dementia Friendly Community” after working on this month’s VOICES with Dementia column featuring Helga Rohra. She asks (paraphr[...]
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[...]