Grief

When a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Recognize You

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. If we...

Coping with the Stigma of Dementia

People stare. Most are not unkind, they are just curious. But when someone “different” from the norm becomes part of their environment, they often...

Minimizing Grief for a Surviving Spouse with Dementia

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

Getting Over the Guilt of Placing a Loved One in a Care Home

If we could control events, most of us would never want our elders to be so sick that they need the care of a nursing...

Caregivers: Let’s Avoid the Second-Guessing Trap

Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when...

Reconciling Grief & Relief When the Loved One You Cared for Dies

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15 years ended....

Grief: The Way to Continue on Is to Work Through It

DR. GAIL GROSS, Ph.D., doctor of education, is a nationally recognized family, child development, and human behavior expert, author, and educator. She has contributed to...

Getting Over the Guilt of Placing a Loved One in a Home

If we could control events, most of us would never want our elders to be so sick that they need the care of a nursing...

Ways to Comfort and Minimize Grief for a Surviving Spouse with Dementia

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