Robin Gail, Author of Dementia or Alzheimer’s? Offers Insight for Caregivers
By Robin Gail When my husband and I began the long journey taking care of my mother, we had no idea what to expect. We had no experience, knowledge, or help from anyone.
By Robin Gail When my husband and I began the long journey taking care of my mother, we had no idea what to expect. We had no experience, knowledge, or help from anyone.
By Jane Mullins Ph.D., from Cardiff, U.K. I am a nurse who has worked with people who have dementia for over 25 years. This has included nursing in a care home where
By Catherine Hodder, Esq. I was a corporate and banking attorney when my father began experiencing mini-strokes and having difficulty with his memory. We didn’t know at the time he was embarking
By Iris Waichler I began writing my book, Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents, as a tribute to my father, Melvin Sneider. I knew he was
By Angel Smits How does a romance writer end up writing a book about Alzheimer’s care? That question nearly stumped me, not because I don’t know how—I lived it—but because it’s a
By Rick Lauber What motivates a writer to write a book? It could be to share a story, educate/help the reader, or to entertain. I wrote both my books to support readers,
By Christina Britton Conroy When I was twenty-seven, my sixty-year-old mother died of cancer. I was left to care for my temperamental, over-controlling, eighty-year-old father. While grieving for my mother, I was
By Susan Kiser Scarff Within a year of my husband receiving his dementia diagnosis, I had a classic case of caregiver burnout. I couldn’t concentrate at work and most of my time
By Judy Cornish, Idaho, USA Over a decade ago, I left my law practice in Portland, Oregon, in search of a small town where I could semi-retire and practice elder law. I
By Harriet Hodgson If you told me I would write a series for family caregivers, I would reply, “Thanks, but I think you’re delusional.” I would say this gently and go on
