Late last year, a longtime caregiver sent me an article entitled, “New Method Predicts Time from Alzheimer’s Onset to Nursing Home, Death.” The article describes [...]
Tryn Rose Seley’s 15 Minutes of Fame is wisdom delivered elegantly. Her idea is so simple even a caregiver can do it! The best ideas are often so simple we knock ourselves on[...]
It Pays to Go to School A couple of childhood sweethearts, who were married and lived in the same neighborhood they were raised in, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary by[...]
In the event I die before my mother with Alzheimer’s, what are some options for her care? Alzheimer’s Caregiver ASKS The Caregiver’s Voice… I am the sole family c[...]
Can there be Death with Dignity for People Living with end-stage Dementia? Thirty-six million people diagnosed with dementia (mostly Alzheimer’s) worldwide face limited optio[...]
With an estimated 100 billion brain cells, are our brains like a giant filing cabinet? If so, what are the similarities between how we file information in our brains vs. in a file [...]
If necessity is the mother of invention, Maura Horton is the mother of Magna Ready stress-free dress shirts necessary for people with Parkinson’s and other illnesses that mak[...]
In TYPES of Dementia – leading causes, we discussed a handful of the leading causes of dementia: Alzheimer’s, Lewy body disease, vascular dementia, and Parkinson’[...]
As research helps increase our awareness of the different causes of dementia, The Caregiver’s Voice offers a summary of the leading causes of dementia with a follow-up overvi[...]
Living with Alzheimer’s – Four short films to raise dementia awareness Bestselling author (The Forgetting) and Alzheimer’s expert David Shenk commissioned four or[...]
Former caregiver Shirley Jenkins shared this funny Food Fight story in Finding the JOY in Alzheimer’s: When Tears are Dried with Laughter When my mother was diagnosed with Al[...]
A self-effacing author pays respect to her mother who defied convention. In 2011, author Tinky Weisblat began a one-year quest to journal her experiences caring for her 92-year old[...]
