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[...]
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[...]
Although most of the estimated 5.3 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease live in the community and are cared for by their families, about two-thirds of nursing home residents [...]
How does he do it? Trying to answer the following question prompts geriatric physician, Dr. David Dosa, on a quest. How does Oscar, an ordinary cat in a nursing home, know who is g[...]
Maybe. To know for sure, follow the advice of experts and those who have walked in your shoes. When you walk upon the road of caregiving do you have directions? “Is there eve[...]
Martin Avadian…March 31 Nine years ago this evening, a massive stroke took my father’s life. He had lived with Alzheimer’s for five years. In a way, he was fortun[...]
A New Look at Why People Hoard Things As we anticipate Spring and try to get a handle on our increasingly busy and stressful lives, one way we try to accomplish this is by clearing[...]
