Harriet Hodgson Writes for Families in The Family Caregiver’s Guide
By Harriet Hodgson If you told me I would write a series for family caregivers, I would reply, “Thanks, but I think you’re delusional.” I would say this gently and go on
By Harriet Hodgson If you told me I would write a series for family caregivers, I would reply, “Thanks, but I think you’re delusional.” I would say this gently and go on
By Susan Suchan When I look at the faces of my grandchildren and see the joy and blessing that they and my family and friends bring to me, I am determined to
By Kathleen H. Wheeler Why choose Alzheimer’s as the focus of my new family saga novel Brought To Our Senses? It’s a fair question. After all, Alzheimer’s is argued to be the
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.”
By Ann Campanella In my early 30s, I learned that life can change direction when you least expect it. My husband Joel and I had moved from Houston to North Carolina in
By Paula Spencer Scott I knew little about dementia back when my grandmother began using a kitchen pot for a commode. Or when my dad began wailing, “Oh why didn’t anyone tell me?”
By Sharleen Scott Her name was Judy, and I married her son. She was a Depression-era child who grew up in the Pacific Northwest forests, traveling with her grandfather’s logging company. She
By Jana Panarites On a Monday night in November 2009, I had what turned out to be the last conversation I would ever have with my father. He and my mother had
By Laurie LC. Lewis Like our family, my proposed WWII mystery, The Dragons of Alsace Farm, was also changed by our mother’s diagnosis of dementia. After my father’s passing, Mom threw herself
By Judith Henry What was your motivation to write about your experience as a caregiver? I believe some of our most profound lessons come, not from books, but from being there for
