By Julissa Cruz Two years ago (on one of my family vacations) I realized that my 10-year-old niece suffered a lot from her grandmother’s cognitive disorders. Especially her short-term memory. In my
By Y. Y. Chan, Hong Kong Grandma, It’s Me! is a fictional children’s book about dementia. The story is based on my experience with the closest grandmother I had ever had –
Up in the Sky So Blue By Lisa Graff When I was a young girl, sitting on a swing, I imagined I could vanish into another world if I swung high enough.
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
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 Jaye Tee What happens when the caregiving ends? I didn’t think enough about this question during my time as a dementia caregiver for my grandmother. Partly due to trying to keep
By Tracy Gough I decided to write Gone But Not Forgotten as a follow up to my first book My Dementia Journey…..one step at a time which was aimed at supporting dementia
By Deborah L Mills Alzheimer’s is a diagnosis given to an individual, yet it is a disease that profoundly affects the entire family from the youngest to the oldest. Many times, we
By Thea Kvamme My mother, Diane Kvamme, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2009 at the age of 74. I worked in a nursing home, so I knew some of what to
by Naomi Wark Though a work of fiction, Wildflowers in Winter was inspired by my husband’s grandmother. Edna Pearson represents any of the nearly six million people in America who are living
