Responding to Questions About a Loved One with Alzheimer's..."How's your mom?" At the beginning of my mom's Alzheimer's journey, I hated being asked this question. I never knew how to...reactions1comment
Telling Your Story May Be Good for Your Health...“While writing about my health issues has not cured them, it has helped me develop better coping skills and even contributed to...reactionscomments
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...reactions5repliesCopingDepressionMental Health
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...reactions14comments
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...reactionscomments
How does Alzheimer's impact your mental health? ...How does Alzheimer's impact your mental health? What are helpful coping strategies that you have found?...reactions11replies
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions5comments
Heredity...My mother, her two brothers, a sister and their mother had it. So far, it has not shown up on my Dad's...reactions7repliesDementia 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...reactions4comments
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...reactions6comments
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...reactions3comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions7comments
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...reactions7replies
