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Traveling Well with Both MS and Incontinence Takes Planning

Dear Carol: My wife, age 48, is incontinent due to multiple sclerosis (MS). We used to love camping in national parks, so I’ve been...

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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 lies a...

Sudden Change Older Adults’ Demeanor Might Signal Urinary Tract Infection

Dear Carol: I’m writing to tell your readers about what our family went through with our 86-year-old mom. She’d been doing great until one...

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Dementia: Staying Positive Despite the Diagnosis

The idea that some people can stay positive after receiving a dementia diagnosis seems surprising to many, yet when faced with adversity we have...

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What People living with Dementia Would Like Their Caregivers to Understand

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

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7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Visiting Someone with Dementia

Whether you’re caring for someone with dementia or visiting them from time to time you’ll want to do your best to make them feel...

Cover of Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories. The background is a sepia-toned room. In the foreground is a picture of the author's father, sitting in a contemplative pose with arms crossed. This image is also sepia-toned in browns of different shades. To the right is the book title.

Carol Bradley Bursack Named in Caresmartz360 Dementia Care Experts list

I’m honored to be included on this list of 17 Dementia Care Experts created by CareSmartz360. Everyone mentioned is worth following as caregivers look...

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Relief Mixed with Grief Normal After a Suffering Loved One’s Death

Dear Carol: My mom died after five years of living with dementia symptoms along with decades of pain from rheumatoid arthritis. Her death has...

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Lewy Body Dementia: Caregivers’ Personal Experiences

According to the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is a progressive brain disease. They say that it also is the...

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A Speech Pathologist Explains Common Swallowing Issues Part 1: Causes and Coping

A few months ago, a gerontologist told us her story about how she coped as a family caregiver when her father developed swallowing problems...