"Normal Life" After Full-Time Caregiving: What It Looks Like for Me...When my mom lived in my home and I cared for her full-time, it felt like it might never end. But a...reactionscomments
Lost Shoes...One day, when I visited Ada J., she mentioned needing to find her shoes first for a wedding before she could focus...reactions2comments
Innovations for Safety: Location Tracking Devices...A few years ago, a friend and I tried to figure out a creative solution to give her peace of mind around...reactions1comment
Where Did Dad Wander To?...Dad has always lived in the house I grew up in. To be more specific, Dad grew up in the house I...reactionscomments
What Animals Can Give: Animal Therapy to Cope with Dementia...I am amazed even today, a couple years later, how perceptive, caring, and loving animals are to those who are sick. My...reactionscomments
When Our Mental Health is Affected...Is there anything you are a bit insecure about? For me, when my mental health is affected, I'm left wondering how I'm...reactions4comments
We Got a Puppy - What Were We Thinking?!...Caring for a loved one with dementia is a lot of work. It takes a lot of time. Your day revolves around...reactions1comment
Helping Caregivers - A SMART Approach...About 10 years ago I finished my master's degree program in management and leadership with the goal of using it primarily in...reactionscomments
My World With Alzheimer's: A Trip to the Grocery Store...People ask me what it is like to live with Alzheimer's. My common response is, "I have good days and bad days."...reactions1comment
Looming Like a Hurricane, the Unstoppable Force of Alzheimer's...The winds swept over New Orleans in the summer of 2005 like a hurricane. In fact, it was a Category 3 hurricane...reactionscomments
Alzheimer's Book Club: "We Are the Brennans"...I took a rest day recently to dive into a book that had been sitting on my book shelf for longer than...reactionscomments
Prosopagnosia (Facial Blindness) and Alzheimer’s Disease...Did you ever wonder why your loved one or patient with Alzheimer's disease has difficulty recognizing their loved ones? Or why they...reactions3comments
Requesting FMLA for Alzheimer's Caregivers...The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a law that allows you to go on temporary leave from your job because...reactionscomments
Road Trip With Mom...I recently went on a road trip with my husband, son, his girlfriend of one year, and my mom. We drove from...reactionscomments
Nancy Craker-Yahman...Nancy Craker-Yahman is an educator with years of international teaching experience. She resides in Massachusetts with her family and is a current...
Lynn Marie Witt, MSOT...My experience with Alzheimer’s disease is two-fold. Both my mom and dad were given a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. I also have...
Frances Eileen McInerney, MS, CCC-SLP, CDP...As a primary caregiver of her father, John, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2017, Frances works in tandem with her...
Lauren Dykovitz...Lauren was previously a health leader on AlzheimersDisease.net. Lauren Dykovitz is a writer and author. She lives in New Jersey with her...
Finding Independence in a Senior Home...When people imagine senior homes, they can typically only think of losing freedoms. Losing the freedom to live in your own home...reactionscomments
Making Memories With Poppop...My Poppop's house sits at the corner of Virginia and Finley Avenues. It will always be his house. It is the house...reactionscomments
