Visiting with a relative who has Alzheimer’s Disease can be challenging. Learn some tips to make the visit successful. This article first appeared at BrightFocus.org and can be read in its...
Each September, the Alzheimer’s Disease International releases a report of the status of Alzheimer’s Disease throughout the world. This year, their report was entitled “The Global Impact of Dementia.” In it, they document the global prevalence, incidence, cost and...
David Troxel, the well-known author of the “Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care,” and an Alzheimer’s caregiver himself, tells a story of how he taught his mother’s caregiving aides how to prepare afternoon tea. This article first appeared at BrightFocus.org and...
Several months ago, in September 2013 specifically, I wrote about the issue of being under “observation status” when in the hospital. A problem occurs when a hospital deems a patient “under observation.” Such a status means just that. What...
It’s early January and we’ve just been through a spell of extreme winter weather. During the week of the Polar Vortex, there were 21 cold related deaths reported in the U.S. Some were related to shoveling snow, and some were homeless people who chose not...
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and it creates a good time to stop and learn what we can do to improve our awareness of the disease, as well as to increase our chance of improved brain (and heart) health for a lifetime. The Alzheimer’s...
