Anthology, Before the Diagnosis, from Gincy Heins: Captures Lives Prior to Dementia
By Gincy Heins As I was texting a friend who would be meeting my family for the first time, I realized she would never know so many aspects of my husband, and
By Gincy Heins As I was texting a friend who would be meeting my family for the first time, I realized she would never know so many aspects of my husband, and
By Susan Cushman “The upside of Alzheimer’s; new mother.” (Smith’s Six-Word Memoirs) My mother, Effie Johnson, was second generation Alzheimer’s. Her mother, Emma Sue (for whom I was named) died from Alzheimer’s
By Tracey S. Lawrence Once upon a time, I was a self-employed graphic arts professional. I designed stuff. I helped clients with their marketing and printing problems. My parents were living it
by Jessica Bryan I am a writer. That’s difficult to say when I’m so busy being a caregiver for my mother who is 99 years old and has had Alzheimer’s for 15 years.
By Jacqueline Marcell I never dreamed I’d have to give up my television career when I was thrust into caring for my challenging father and sweet mother. The experience was incredibly heart-wrenching,
The Accidental Author by Linda Brendle My goal in life was not to become a writer. I enjoyed writing when I was younger, and I toyed with the idea of making a
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 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 Karen B. Kaplan Perhaps it is not often that you come across science fiction that is (1) gentle and not full of weapons and nasty robots, and (2) includes a character
By Cathie Borrie In an almost Zen-like poetic form, my mother revealed the changing landscape of her mind: “Listen, Cathie . . . a bird!” “What are the birds saying?’ “They’re chirping.”
