Alzheimer’s Caregiving Webinar Featuring Emmy-winning TV personality and Alzheimer’s advocate Leeza Gibbons and other Alzheimer’s disease experts, there will be a free webina[...]
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[...]
My dad, Henry Kolodziej, cares for my mom. In September, 2010, my mom had surgery related to post-stroke complications. The surgery was intended to prevent risk of a future stroke [...]
Dear Caregiver, You have one more opportunity, before the start of the fall, to do something special for YOU this holiday weekend. Read the encore publication of 3 Tips for Caregiv[...]
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[...]
Let’s say the person you are approaching is in the middle stage of Alzheimer’s. S/He has lost the ability to make sense of the world as easily as before the disease too[...]
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[...]
I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history when you die. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize[...]
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[...]
Caring for a loved one can feel like an uphill climb. At first it may seem doable then reality sets in with a powerful dose of fear, “I stepped up to care for [fill in name];[...]
Whether you’re a person in need of a caregiver (or a CEO looking for a successor); remember, truth, honor, and respect will rise above all else, even when one might not ̶[...]
To succeed as family and professional caregivers, we must stand united, lest we fall divided. These “once-in-a-lifetime” tough economic times are happening more frequen[...]
