By Garland Creighton Alzheimer’s disease is a national crisis. Every 70 seconds someone somewhere develops this brain-wasting illness. To helplessly stand on the sidelines while this unrelenting disease cripples the mind of
By Vincent Zappacosta Many people have asked me how I could write “Dementia-Mama-Drama.” How could I share such a personal emotional experience that most people don’t even want to talk about. As
by Kathy Flora When I sat down at the computer, I intended to write an entirely different book. But the story of caring for my mom as she encountered physical and then
Dancing With Dementia: Recognizing and Coping with the Early Stages of Dementia By Jemi Fraser We didn’t have a clue. As the children of immigrants, we knew next to nothing about dementia.
Run for the Sun — Our Journey Through Alzheimer’s By Betsey Helfrich Both of our parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease before the age of 70. I was 29 years old when my
By Tracy Gough I’ve worked in the care industry as a nurse for over 30 years. In the last 15 I have mainly worked with people who have dementia. Through these years
ABOUT AMIE, by Susan Wingate I started blogging about my Mom, Amie, after she moved in with us―after the Alzheimer’s, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and the schizophrenia nearly killed her
Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s, by Marion Agnew On a summer day in 1992, my mother told how, more than forty years earlier, my then-baby brother broke his leg. Then she told
AlzAuthors is proud to be celebrating our fifth anniversary. Launched as a simple marketing effort by three daughters of dementia in June 2015, we have grown into a worldwide community sharing our
Being My Mom’s Mom – 2nd Edition – December 2019 Updating Being My Mom’s Mom at the end of 2019 seemed like the right thing to do. When the first edition was
