With people being diagnosed earlier and still able to speak about their experiences, The Caregiver’s Voice launched a new column called VOICES with Dementia in July of 2015. [...]
In our fast-paced world with too much information, how do we sort through to get to the important stuff? The Caregiver’s Voice introduced Curated Article Excerpts during our [...]
In 1996, after my father was diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s, there were only 3.8 million people living in the U.S. with dementia and about 16 million, worldwide. Twenty-[...]
Mary Salter is in the unenviable position of being a “Momager” for two grown children with a rare form of inherited Alzheimer’s. No parent wishes this upon their [...]
Caregiver, beware! Sometimes a sale is not a sale. This edition of Avadian Musings focuses on consumer value of paper towels, cherries, walnuts, and milk. Paper Towels – Same[...]
Home-Grown Louisville Cougar with Dementia This five-foot tall powerhouse navigates the scary symptoms of frontotemporal lobe dementia (and possibly Lewy body dementia) with grace.[...]
“It’s not funny… until enough time has passed.” For many of our life experiences, after a time, we can laugh. Of course, there are enough life tragedies tha[...]
Lifelong Florida resident, Ginny says, “As the years go by, some things don’t pop into my brain like they used to.” I was inspired to interview Ginny* after learning from Becky*, a[...]
New Zealand-based husband and father of four inherits his father’s younger-onset Alzheimer’s. ENTERPRISING While participants at the Dementia New Zealand – Hawke’s Bay [Adult[...]
There’s a saying among people who work with people with dementia: Meet one person with dementia and you’ve met one person with dementia. We can’t generalize among the diverse ways [...]
What is the origin of these three English-language pet peeves? Could it be as a caregiver, I felt my time was not respected at the doctor’s office? Or are these due to Englis[...]
Mirror Mirror On the Wall – Who Is That Mimicking Me? One Sunday, while relaxing and catching up with the week’s mail, my husband, David, and I watched as my father got[...]
