Delirium After an Older Adult’s Hospitalization Is a Legitimate Concern
Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The...
Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The...
The idea that some people can stay positive after receiving a dementia diagnosis seems surprising to many, yet when faced with adversity...
Dear Carol: People write to you to complain about someone who, despite evidence, denies that they have dementia. I think I know...
Whether it stems from a subconscious need to ignore the fact that a parent is declining, or they want to pretend that...
Dear Carol: My mom is showing signs of compromised decision-making ability as well as some short-term memory loss. I understand that there...
Dear Carol: Until about six months ago, my mom, 93, was as cognitively sharp as ever. Unfortunately, she was hospitalized for several...
I have interacted with countless professional and informal caregivers over the years, and I’ve noticed two prominent patterns that characterized my own...
An article in the UK Telegraph reported on a survey showing that two-thirds of people over the age of 50 are more afraid of...
n article in the UK Telegraph reported on a survey showing that two-thirds of people over the age of 50 are more...
or most anyone who has been diagnosed with dementia or has loved someone with a type of dementia, the formal diagnosis was...