Alzheimer’s

Making Hard Decisions: Listen to the Emotions Behind Their Words

Dear Carol: I’m struggling to understand how to help my dad who has dementia. I can be with him for part of...

Deciding whether to tell someone who is cognitively impaired that their spouse has died is a serious and often recurring struggle. Dementia...

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...

It was not unlike any other day, but on this particular afternoon Dad was adamant. He was waiting for his medical degree...

Dear Readers: Discussing our older parents’ financial situation can be difficult and fraught with emotion on both sides, yet it’s a vital...

People living with dementia are the only ones who really understand what it’s like to live with their form of the disease,...

Providing care for someone who lives with any type of dementia — whether it’s Alzheimer’s, vascular, Lewy body, or any of the myriad...

When we think of domestic abuse in a family where elders are cared for, we generally think that the elder is the...

Accused of stealing from a loved one? The first time it happens many caregivers find themselves choking back tears. They try a...

Your once easy-going dad now thinks you’re stealing from him. Your ever-frugal mom is buying odd things she finds on the Internet. You know...