From their days enjoying Daytona Beach to the present, Robert Benson, the eldest child of Peggy Jean Siler Benson, admits his mother knows a storm is coming, but there’s litt[...]
My heart broke when I learned the elder abuse story of Flo and Jo (identifying details and names changed). I’ve heard many stories since becoming a caregiver 17 years ago for[...]
Michael Ellenbogen was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at age 49. Ten years earlier, this husband and father lost his job as the network operations manager for a For[...]
Assisting Caregivers to Move Forward with Strength by Acknowledging their Situational Losses Guest post by Eleanor Silverberg The 3-A Acknowledge, Assess, Assist® Approach was de[...]
Caregivers share funny stories with mothers in Finding the JOY in Alzheimer’s: Caregivers share the JOYFUL times Except for the first, the mothers featured in these stories w[...]
Mem’ries – The way we are Enjoy this parody of Barbra Streisand’s hit, The Way we Were by Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist and animator Walt Handelsman [link to [...]
Long-distance caregiver based on the East coast needs visitors for a friend with dementia who lives alone on the West coast. Long-distance Caregiver Asks My mother and sister visit[...]
Finding the JOY in caregiving may feel impossible, especially during the holidays. Sometimes, we need a new approach when celebrating the holidays. Instead of the traditional gathe[...]
Family caregiver asks how to handle it when her mother challenges her answers and doesn’t trust that she has her best interests. Caregiver Question My mom lives with us and h[...]
Linda E. Austin’s’ Poems that come to Mind is a little treasure of short poems “for those who love someone with dementia” (subtitle). Daughter Austin writes[...]
Celebrate the love of caregivers everywhere who are always near to help and comfort. Back at school? As I looked up from my dinner plate, I gazed through the window that looked ont[...]
Martha Stettinius’ Inside the Dementia Epidemic–A Daughter’s Memoir is a deeply personal account of her fractured relationship with her mother–from when her[...]