This Beautiful Memoir Explores the Connections Between Nature and Dementia
By Susan Cerulean In the 1950s and 60s, when I was a child, we knew so little about chronic diseases of the mind, body and spirit, and what we did know, we
By Susan Cerulean In the 1950s and 60s, when I was a child, we knew so little about chronic diseases of the mind, body and spirit, and what we did know, we
By JoAnn Wingfield Alzheimer’s disease! To most people, the diagnosis is a death sentence, the worst kind, because it proclaims a long, slow, and agonizing death. Facing the challenges ahead, a well
By Pat MacEnulty Dementia was the official cause of death for my mother, but it had chipped away at her life for the previous six years. She was 86 years old when
By Jennifer Bute I passionately believe we can really improve things for those living with dementia. When I was diagnosed 10 years ago, I had no help and no support apart from
By James Russell My blog, Nevertheless Dementia, We Persist, began in January 2020 to record my daughter’s life with Alzheimer’s disease in an Aegis Living facility in Seattle. She and I are
The story behind the story . . . Just Another Day in the Retirement Home by Janet V. Fraser Caring for aging parents is an experience very few of us are prepared
Finishing Well By Linda Brendle Several years ago I wrote A Long and Winding Road, the story of the hilarity and chaos that happened when my husband and I took Mom and Dad,
By Barbara Smith I am an occupational therapist, specializing in developmental disabilities. I had never planned to work in the area of geriatrics. But when my mother developed Alzheimer’s disease, I was
By Malia Kline When our mama was diagnosed with infiltrating pancreatic cancer and given three-to-six months to live, she was the sole caregiver for our 87-year-old father “Papa,” who was in the
By Vicki Tapia In 2004, both my parents were diagnosed with dementia, Dad with Parkinson’s-related dementia and Mom with moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Even though symptoms had become increasingly obvious by the time
