Celebrating 8 Years of Supporting Dementia Caregivers
By Christy Byrne Yates, M.S., California, USA “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -Booker T. Washington When I was first approached in 2021 to join AlzAuthors, I
By Christy Byrne Yates, M.S., California, USA “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -Booker T. Washington When I was first approached in 2021 to join AlzAuthors, I
By Paula de Ronde, Burlington, ON, Canada Author of My Bert Has Alzheimer’s: Caregiving is Living for Two I have yet to meet a caregiver to a loved one with dementia who
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA When Sandra Strauss’ husband, Rick, suddenly manifested a wide array of physical and behavioral symptoms, she was determined to uncover the truth behind the cause. Unbeknownst
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA As Mother’s Day approaches we wish all of our readers a happy holiday weekend. We understand that many of you may be grieving the loss of
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA In celebration of National Poetry Month, we hosted a gathering of poets on April 18th to share work inspired by their dementia experiences. Why poetry? We
By Patrick J. McTaggart, Scotland In May 2022, I published a collection of poems in the book “Our Dementia Journey,” charting my family’s experiences with dementia since my dad’s diagnosis. It included
By Claire Pentecost, PhD, Exeter, United Kingdom Our film, “The World Turned Upside Down,” began as a conversation-starting play, linked to the IDEAL dementia research programme. IDEAL stands for “Improving the Experience
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA An Invitation April is National Poetry Month Please join us for a virtual celebration of poetry for the dementia journey on Tuesday, April 18th at
By Theresa WIlbanks, Florida, United States Emma Smith, the author of The Far Cry, said, “Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out
By Susan Elkin, South London, UK So, the person you love most in the world – and with whom you’ve lived for nearly half a century – is diagnosed with a hideous,