5 Tips for Keeping Your Brain Healthy While Caregiving
Many of us cope with the stress of caring for someone who has dementia. We agonize over the increasing losses that our...
Brain Health
Wife Sleeps too Much and Has Lost Interest in Appearance and Bathing
Dear Carol: My wife has always been interested in style and appearance, so regular hair and nail appointments were part of life. Long...
Encouraging Retired Parents to Stay Active and Involved
Dear Carol: My husband and I feel blessed that our aging parents are relatively healthy. Even so, retirement has made them physically...
Wishing You All a Meaningful Labor Day: Minding Our Elders
Wishing you well on this Labor Day as we celebrate our historical and current workers along with the official advent of fall....
Free Caregiver Training with Support from a Geriatrician and More
Caregivers are often thrown into an unknown world of medication management and handling cognitive challenges. With little or no medical training, this...
Journaling for Caregivers: Rediscover Yourself and Reclaim Your Life
At some point during your caregiving journey, you may find yourself in a rut. The awareness may come with a birthday, a...
Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization
In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...
5 Questions to Determine the Impact of Caregiving
Are you prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for a family member? Will you be able to handle the commitment...
Changing Bedding and Protecting Furniture Challenges Alzheimer’s Caregivers
Dear Carol: My dad has had Alzheimer’s for seven years and is currently in the later stages. We looked at memory care...
People Living with Dementia May Fight Bathing: Compassion, Education Can Help
Many older adults may not bathe as often as younger people think they should, but what about people living with dementia? Here...
