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. [...]
RISE offers a meaty answer to today’s short-attention spans with 7- to 15-minute inspirational video interviews with people who have been knocked down in life and got up agai[...]
As I reflect upon our 20th Anniversary online while working with caregiving families for people with dementia, I’m happy to see media covering more dementia and caregiving to[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice features a video by Roberto Carlo Chiesa of Modesto-based Alexandria Perrin Company for VOICES with Dementia. Inspired by his sister, Roberto’s sh[...]
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-[...]
Women Caregivers – Disproportionate Share [TCV Update 11/30/2020: The title URL no longer links to the intended content.] Worldwide, women provide 71% of care hours and many,[...]
We need to take a serious look at caregiver humor. It’s funny! Why aren’t you laughing? It’s not funny? Sure, it is funny! As caregivers, we owe it to ourselves a[...]
ToughKenaMan’s son, Ken Keene, Jr. talks with The Caregiver’s Voice about caregiving for his father years before and after his diagnosis with frontotemporal lobe dementia. Li[...]
There are times when PWoDs (People Without Dementia) experience memory loss, confusion, and disorientation. While navigating the waves of uncertainty, caregivers encounter scary ye[...]
Twenty-two years ago, I devoured anything I could learn about the brain. I tried to understand what was happening to my father’s mind / brain as he lived with Alzheimer’[...]
“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[...]
Guest article by Lydia Dali Inspired by those who want to give back to people living with dementia and to their caregivers, the Sente-Mente® model, created in Italy in 2014, makes [...]