Severe Alzheimer’s and Alcoholism ...My Mom has both these diseases and I struggle with anxiety and Bipolar 1, so you can imagine how cruddy this is for me at the moment. I’m burned out...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesMental HealthDepressionCoping
The Favorite Visitors: Animals and Alzheimer's Disease...Especially in these pandemic times, we all love when we’re able to have safe visits in person with our loved ones. Virtual visits are important, but they’re just not always...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
The Cost of Forgetting with Alzheimer's...Our plates are full. We are stressed. We are busy. Where did we put our keys? Where are my glasses? What was his name? I am so aggravated. Today, I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Active yesterdayHow does Alzheimer's impact your mental health? ...How does Alzheimer's impact your mental health? What are helpful coping strategies that you have found?...Reactions0reactionsComments11 replies
What Words Can Say: Writing Test to Predict Alzheimer's...I enjoy writing. (She said, as if that’s not obvious to someone who is currently reading something I wrote.) Not only do I enjoy writing these pieces for you or...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?...Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Expecting the Unexpected: Surprises Along the Alzheimer's Journey...There can be personality changes with Alzheimer's disease. My gregarious grandfather who had the best, most contagious laugh became very quiet. We wondered if he was afraid he would say...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Mom's Alzheimer's Progression...My mom is 87 with Alzheimer's and she is on week 4 of being at her memory care facility. This was one the hardest decisions I have had to make...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Heredity...My mother, her two brothers, a sister and their mother had it. So far, it has not shown up on my Dad's side. I was tested 8 months ago, and...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesDementia Types
Managing Guilt When a Loved One Has Alzheimer's...Guilt is one of the most prevalent emotions when your loved one has Alzheimer’s. No matter how much you do for your loved one, you can always find something to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
How Your Grief Changes When Your Loved One Dies...It is often said that when a loved one has Alzheimer’s disease you grieve them twice. You grieve the loss of the person you once knew and then you grieve...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends..."I get by with a little help from my friends" ... I borrowed that line from a Beatles song but it is how I function these days. Many of my...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Home-Based Workouts For the Win?...Raise your hand if you are among the people who jumped on the Peloton craze amid the pandemic. Maybe it’s just me, but I have found a startling number of...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Sleep Issues with Alzheimer's: What Time Is It?...Since sometime around February or March last year, time lost most of its meaning. For many of us, our schedules went out the window. The school calendar, weekends, workdays ...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Tips for Introducing Professional In-Home Care...When my mom was living with Alzheimer’s, my family found it hard to manage her care at home by ourselves, but my dad did not want to place her in...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Quality of life and motivation...How to maintain and motivate...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesAwareness
The End Stages of Alzheimer's: Caregiver Self-Care Tips...Mom and I have been best friends since I could remember and when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's 10 years ago, our friendship became closer than ever. We started...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
How do you address sleep issues? ...This is a space to ask questions relating to sleep issues and to share tips on sleep. We recently asked this question of our Facebook and Instagram communities and are...Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
The Second Best Time to Plant a Tree…...The Chinese proverb that begins by telling us that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago doesn’t leave us hanging with regrets and missed opportunities. It...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Managing My 'Worrywart' Ways: Research on Anxiety & Cognitive Decline...Anxiety is something I personally struggle with on a daily basis. So, when the headline on my Google alert said that anxiety may accelerate the pace of Alzheimer’s, like most...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
