An Alzheimer’s Caregiving Guide: Meet Me Where I Am by Mary Ann Drummond
By: Mary Ann Drummond, RN When I was a young girl I dreamed I would grow up and become a nurse. I seldom left home without my nurse’s kit filled with band-aids,
By: Mary Ann Drummond, RN When I was a young girl I dreamed I would grow up and become a nurse. I seldom left home without my nurse’s kit filled with band-aids,
By Suzka Collins Ah… the wonders I found living with my mother in Dementialand. It all started almost minutes after she was diagnosed with progressive dementia. The cause was meningitis encephalitis. There
By Emily Page Writing about dementia came about fairly slowly and organically. I’m an artist, so when my dad was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at the age of 65, my natural inclination
By Ann Hedreen Without quite knowing it at the time, I began working on Her Beautiful Brain in 2004, when my husband and I made an award-winning documentary film about my mother
By Peggy Bushy When Lewy Body Dementia entered my home, the world as I knew it began to shift, and I found myself in a constant state of confusion. My sweet mother,
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 Ann Richardson Some years ago, I was taken to a hospice by a friend, who happened to be doing an errand. I immediately felt that this was the kind of tranquil
by Wren Wright It used to be that nine months or so after a traditional wedding, couples would announce they were pregnant. Not with Alan and me. Nine months after we were
By Paul M. Hornback GOD STILL REMEMBERS ME I’ve been living with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease for over seven years. Soon after my diagnosis, God kindled within me a deep desire to do
By Tracey Shorthouse When I was first diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease and Posterior Cortical Atrophy in 2015, I wanted something to focus on. All my life I have helped others
