Darlene Fuchs Publishes Her Father’s Memoir of Caring for Her Mother
By Darlene Fuchs from Illinois, U. S. As I sit down to share a piece of my heart with you, I’m overcome with a rush of emotions. Get In The Boat: A
By Darlene Fuchs from Illinois, U. S. As I sit down to share a piece of my heart with you, I’m overcome with a rush of emotions. Get In The Boat: A
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, US Vicki Tapia is a founder of AlzAuthors and the author of Somebody Stole My Iron: A Family Memoir of Dementia. In this replay of a recent
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, US Welcome to another insightful episode of Untangling Alzheimer’s and Dementia, and a replay of our recent book club discussion with Aging and Amazing. In this episode,
By George Ackerman, PhD, JD, MBA, MS, Florida, US My mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman, suffered with Parkinson’s and dementia for fifteen years. The last four were the worst and contradicted the doctors’
By Kathryn Betts Adams, Connecticut, USA I started writing The Pianist’s Only Daughter: A Memoir when it dawned on me just how tough it was to be a caregiver to my parents—even
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, US Each dementia journey is unique in its own way, but lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) caregivers may face their own set of distinctive issues:
Nicole J. Smith, Arizona, USA When I discovered more about dementia and how it would profoundly change my mother’s life, our lives, I created a timeline and jotted down journal entries to
By Christy Byrne Yates, MS, LEP, California, US For our March installment of Books & Chit Chat, our monthly Book Club collaboration with Aging & Amazing, we talk with Ruth Stevens, a
By Dana Walrath In the first few months that my mother Alice and dementia lived with me, she said, “You should quit your job and make art full time.” I promise you
By Christy Byrne Yates, MS, California, US Discover the unexpected truth about dementia care from a professional who found herself on the other side of caregiving. Get ready to uncover the surprising
