Dominick Domasky Pens Memoir, My Name Is Sharon, About His Mother
by Dominick Domasky Regret, anger, uncertainty, and guilt are just a few of the feelings and emotions that led me to writing My Name Is Sharon. My mother has Alzheimer’s, and I
by Dominick Domasky Regret, anger, uncertainty, and guilt are just a few of the feelings and emotions that led me to writing My Name Is Sharon. My mother has Alzheimer’s, and I
By Christiana Egi, Toronto, Canada I am a Registered Nurse, and the motivation to write this story began in my first year as a student nurse. Our first mental health rotation was
THE STORY BEHIND FLOATING IN THE DEEP END By Patti Davis On a blue-sky November day in 1994 I walked into Central Park, which was near my apartment in New York. My
By S. G. (Sandy) Benson Most people, at some point in their lives, confront issues with aging parents. Whether the problems are medical, financial, logistical, emotional, or some combination of these, it’s
And I’ll Never Love Him Less by Candy Abbott I already knew there would be a book two as soon as I’ve Never Loved Him More came out. The minute readers finished
By Susie Singer Carter Disease is an equal-opportunity beast. At some point in everyone’s life, someone they love is going to be stricken with something. And it can cripple not only the
A Tattoo on my Brain by Dr. Daniel Gibbs I am a 70-year-old retired neurologist, and I have early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. In retrospect, my first symptom of Alzheimer’s occurred when I was
By Mary Crescenzo, California, US After decades as a pioneer in working with persons with Alzheimer’s/dementia using the arts to achieve alternative, complementary ways of connection, I knew I had to share
By Susan J. Farese, MSN, RN I grew up in Northern N.J. during the late 1950’s in a quaint, predominantly blue-collar Polish town. I attended parochial elementary school until eighth grade, when
By Ruth Stevens My mother, Muriel Port Stevens, suffered from Alzheimer’s for the last five years of her life. During that time, I often found myself trading war stories and sharing sympathetic