Jeana Potthoff and Rich Roman wrote a song entitled Hiding from the Rain. We hope the song will touch people’s hearts and move them to support organizations working on a cure and p[...]
Why do we continue visiting a nursing home, adult day care, residential care home, assisted living community, or even a family, after a loved one is gone? For many reasons …[...]
Up until 1960s, my Pen Pals and I would mail handwritten letters to each other. In sixth grade, I received a set of felt-tipped colored pens. These were magical in that I now could[...]
Guest Post by Sheri Zschocher I have been an Alzheimer spouse for four years. Today, I know more about the disease; for example, I know my husband, Bob, had it many years before he[...]
Rhonda Shalton is one of The Caregiver's Voice Caregiver of the Month finalists and tackles a challenging caregiving role with love--a real Valentine.[...]
At the start of this year, I began a quest to do ONE NEW THING EVERY MONTH–something I’ve never done before. This was my version of a bucket list; starting empty, I fil[...]
Fifteen years ago this month, my husband and I were visiting my father in Wisconsin with the idea of placing him in an assisted living community to better help him live with dement[...]
When I wander don’t tell me to come and sit down. Wander with me. It may be because I am hungry, thirsty, need the toilet. Or maybe I just need to stretch my legs. When I cal[...]
How will YOU be remembered? Martin Avadian was born, August 22, 1910 in a major Armenian-occupied town called Van (in Turkey). He lived there with his parents until the start of th[...]
Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pick up at a building that was dark except for a single light in a ground floor wi[...]
My eighty-two-year-old grandmother had Alzheimer’s. Most often she would refer to my Mama as He. I had gone over to Mama’s house to help out with Grandmother. While helping Grandmo[...]
