Recently, The Caregivers Voice (TCV) had the opportunity to interview Dr. Michael Rafii, MD, PhD about the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study’s (ADCS) emphasis on ea[...]
What is an appropriate gift for an older person who has everything? Time is the the greatest gift we can give. Once gifted, it can never be returned.[...]
Martin Avadian's 100th Anniversary is on Sunday, August 22, 2010. At age eighty six, Avadian was diagnosed with dementia. His story is told in the book, "Where's my shoes?" My Fath[...]
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 [...]
