Caring for Someone With Alzheimer’s? Try These New Year’s Resolutions.
The world around you might be resolving to lose 10 pounds, exercise more, and eat healthier, but if you are caring for someone with
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The world around you might be resolving to lose 10 pounds, exercise more, and eat healthier, but if you are caring for someone with
Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s has turned out to be as tangled as the tau threads long considered to be the underlying cause of
If there’s one thing that connects us all, it is food! Think about how many precious memories have been made over the years that
Remember learning the order of the colors of the rainbow in elementary school? A number of us were introduced to Roy G. Biv to
You have determined the family home is just way too much for your parents to take care of. A smaller house is for sale
“You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.” – Betty Ford We all realize that no one
Memory loss and dementia may seem synonymous. Yet it’s important to realize that long-term memory often remains intact long into the progression of the disease.
In an ideal world, our family relationships would all be positive and helpful. We would manage transitional times cooperatively, smoothly, and with virtually no disagreement.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax Serving as an
There has been an assumption that once someone received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of progressive dementia, the only option was nursing
If 2021 will be recalled as the year for COVID-19 vaccines, perhaps 2022 will make its mark with a different type of life-changing vaccine: A
If there is one constant in the race to unravel the mystery of Alzheimer’s, it is change. It appears as though whenever scientists start
Of the many difficult behaviors typical in dementia, possibly the most difficult to manage is aggression. A family member who may have always been mild-mannered
What inspires you to get out of bed each morning? The answer is different for every single one of us, of course, but there’s one
If it feels like a senior loved one with Alzheimer’s has completely rewritten the rules on how and when to sleep, you are not dreaming.
