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At some point, everyone has felt stress about attending a social event: Where is it? Who will be there? What am I going to talk about? For people with Alzheimer's...

Humor can be a tricky concept. We all enjoy our own brands of humor, but humor is also very abstract and changes with us as we go through different stages...

Navigating life with or caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease can be overwhelming. This can be an incredibly isolating disease, and it is hard to know where to turn when...

It can be difficult to know what the best option is when a loved one (LO) is diagnosed with a terminal illness. It’s often overwhelming and hard to make decisions...

Sundown can so often be a problematic time for people with Alzheimer's. As darkness sets in, their confusion may increase, and along with it, their feelings of agitation and aggression...

I have Alzheimer's, and I still drive. I told my husband when I was diagnosed that if I encountered problems driving, I would tell him. Did I do that? Maybe...

I thought it strange that my mom's slipper, a single slipper, was on the floor outside of my mom's bedroom. With Alzheimer's disease, there are a lot of oddities. I...

Like most people, my cell phone is the first thing I see every morning. This morning, I reached over, squinted at the time on the glowing little world in my...

In a previous Alzheimer's Book Club post, author Lisa Genova, writer of Still Alice, commented and suggested that I read Somebody I Used to Know, a memoir by Wendy Mitchell...

You have probably heard of hospice care during the end stages of Alzheimer's disease, but you may not have considered how home care can also be helpful during this time...

Jena is a part of the AlzheimersDisease.net community and has first-hand experience with a spouse being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She shares advice with others who find themselves in...

How many times has a beautiful image of a sunset or mountain peak left you speechless? Or you hear the crescendo of an orchestra, and you feel like floating to...

As time goes on, many of us see it become more complicated for our loved ones with Alzheimer's or dementia to make conversation with others. I noticed this long ago...

Dementia impacts nearly 50 million people worldwide. People living with dementia may have complex care needs. The focus in average care might be on schedules or organization. Dementia-informed care –...

My mom has always been a stylish lady. Even after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia, she still enjoyed putting on makeup every day, wore matching outfits and coordinating shoes...

Spending a wealth of your time caring for someone else, perhaps multiple others takes a lot out of you as a person. Your own needs go to the back burner...

When someone you love has Alzheimer's, it can be a very isolating and lonely journey. It is often helpful to connect with others who are going through their Alzheimer's journey...

This week my grandma moved to supportive housing. It has overall been a very smooth and successful transition — our phone rings less... Because she is busy! We went to...

I don't like to linger over many things. I'm not a wine person, so I don't sip and savor. I'm a Diet Coke person. I am thirsty. I don't want...

There were many times throughout my mom's battle with Alzheimer's when I became frustrated with the way someone else treated her. Sometimes, it was someone we ran into at the...