Fran’s Song: My Mother’s Triumph Over Alzheimer’s by Ron Cooper
By Ron Cooper Every day in the Alzheimer’s ward of Mom’s nursing home, she and her fellow residents engaged in exercises to strengthen their minds. One day, the activities aide held up
By Ron Cooper Every day in the Alzheimer’s ward of Mom’s nursing home, she and her fellow residents engaged in exercises to strengthen their minds. One day, the activities aide held up
By Irene Mackay My name is Irene Mackay, author of “The Forgetful Elephant,” which explains the memory loss aspect of dementia to young children in a way they can understand.
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] By Kathleen Brown My name is Kathleen Brown. I’m a wife, mother, grandmother, writer, and Texan through and through. What I write about is caring at home for someone with
By Vicki Tapia It starts small. Misplaced keys that turn up in odd places, making you wonder if gremlins have taken up residence in your home. Forgotten appointments you’re sure you didn’t
By Carol Bradley Bursack It started with Joe. My neighbor Joe’s wife died. Joe was in his 80s, his only child lived across the country and he was totally deaf. How could
By T.A. Sorensen Where’s My Purse? is a recounting of the 10-year journey through Alzheimer’s with my mother. Even though this disease is challenging, I opted to approach Mom’s circumstances from a
By Maria Shriver “Denial is the worst form of the truth” During the time it takes for you to read this piece, try to put your denial impulse aside and take a
By Michael Ellenbogen Imagine having a mysterious illness take over your mind. Over the next 10 years you try to navigate a health care and social system that is not equipped to
By Tara Reed On my son’s 19th birthday we got the news from the neurologist: your dad not only has vascular dementia but also Alzheimer’s. Earlier in the day I was sad
by Marianne Sciucco What do you know about Alzheimer’s? Anything? What should you know about Alzheimer’s? A lot. This is not just our parents’ and grandparents’ disease. It’s a problem that has
