Guest Article by Monica Heltemes, OTR “That’s enough of this,” my client, Mary Ann, told me when we try to work on one of the 100-piece jigsaw puzzles that she has enjoyed doing fo[...]
Guest article by Sage Products People with dementia often suffer from incontinence, but it may have different causes. Sometimes it has a physical cause, such as stress incontinence[...]
Neurodegenerative Disease Caregivers Needed for Research into Caregiver Grief ATLANTA, GA – The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announces the launch of its second major[...]
Which website has had over 1.5 billion visits since 1997 and helps patients and their families and friends more easily navigate a serious illness? Twitter? No. FaceBook? No. Caring[...]
October is Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Month Eight years ago, Angela Taylor had never heard of Lewy body dementia (LBD), the second most common form of progressive dementia after [...]
“As we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, the U.S. Administration on Aging proclaimed 2011 as The Year of the Caregiver to ce[...]
Katie Tyson is a young lady dedicated to the study of neuroscience. One day, she may be the researcher who makes the breakthrough discovery that raises the quality of life and HOPE[...]
Fifteen years ago this month, my husband and I were visiting my father in Wisconsin with the idea of placing him in an assisted living community to better help him live with dement[...]
When I wander don’t tell me to come and sit down. Wander with me. It may be because I am hungry, thirsty, need the toilet. Or maybe I just need to stretch my legs. When I cal[...]
How will YOU be remembered? Martin Avadian was born, August 22, 1910 in a major Armenian-occupied town called Van (in Turkey). He lived there with his parents until the start of th[...]
How do we better understand when and where our loved ones feel pain if they can no longer express it in a way we understand? Caring.com published an article, Dementia and Pain: How[...]
Brenda Avadian, MA, will share caregiver tips and share how she LAUGHED through tears while caring for her late father with Alzheimer’s disease on the Dr. Carol Show tomorrow in Na[...]
