Alzheimer’s

How Involved Should Families Be When Elders Live in a Senior Living Facility?

Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing...

Watching a loved one move through the stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be one of life’s toughest and most heart-breaking challenges....

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to caregiving. Every family caregiver must be free to make choices that work best for their unique...

Caregiving is a stressful job even during the best of times. The sheer amount of responsibility is enough to make the most...

As we travel our own unique journeys, most of us find that certain phrases or concepts take on the status of truth...

We live in a society that tends to value what we do over who we are. If what we do isn’t highly...

I once visited a caregiver friend and her mother, who had moderate Alzheimer’s disease. At one point during the visit, the mother...

Dementia can cause people to say and do some pretty odd things. Family caregivers may be caught off-guard at first, but as...

Sponsored There’s an awful lot we still don’t know about Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists still don’t fully understand what causes its onset. It’s...

While the average person is unlikely to do high jumps or run marathons, even daily life can wear out our joints. Over...