Immigrant Parents’ Money Management Lessons My parents immigrated to America for a better life. My father arrived with his mother through Ellis Island in 1920. My mother arri[...]
What’s it like living with dementia and hearing loss? My late father, Martin Avadian, lived with both hearing loss and dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. Unbeknownst to us[...]
What will be the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia on Baby Boomers? Over the last few years, there has been increasing media coverage of the aging Boomer population and the [...]
I have not met a single person who has a handle on the STUFF of LIFE. All of us deal with clutter in our lives whether it’s physical clutter or those other insidious forms, s[...]
WHAT IF hallucinations are a disEase with reality due to Alzheimer’s, Lewy body, or other cause of dementia? I often wondered this while caring for my father who lived with A[...]
Next week is bracketed by my husband’s birthday on Monday and mine on Friday. What do you give to someone for his/her birthday? A dinner? Yes, we’ll enjoy a special din[...]
Things you and I take for granted are sometimes hard to grasp for a person with dementia. Take this story, “Making sense of time” shared in Finding the JOY in Alzheimer[...]
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There are times when we move swiftly through the days of our lives without ever considering the answer to, “Where did they come from?” After becoming a caregiver for my[...]
No one told me, that aging is cumulative! That means the older we get the greater the impact of whatever we do. Overeat? The pounds will accumulate drastically. Have an extra drink[...]
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