Many of us know someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, but are not necessarily caregivers ourselves. It can be hard to know what to do or how to act. One of the most important things you can do is to listen. Caregivers, whether they admit it or not, are often quite stressed out by the Read More
Asking Thoughtful Questions and Listening
In our society, we often greet people with “Hi how are you?” to which we’re expected to reply, “I’m well, how are you?” and we can move on. But what if we are not doing well? What if we are having a bad day, is it so wrong to admit that? Being honest and confronting Read More
Avoiding Dehydration in Older Adults this Winter
Dehydration occurs when our bodies are not getting enough water, which can be dangerous in offsetting each of our body’s systems. We need water to digest food, to carry nutrients, to move muscles, to think, you name it, and water is probably involved, and when we’re not getting enough, our bodies start to break down! Read More
Alzheimer’s Dementia Caregiving
Alzheimer’s Dementia Caregiving By Linda Fodrini‐Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC Founder & Chairman, Eldercare Services Almost 80% of all caregiving is provided by families. For survival and quality of life, for both the person with the illness and the primary family caregivers, the following tips are vital for good health and Alzheimer’s dementia caregiving. Understand the illness Read More
Falling Snow So Clear
Falling Snow: A Story About Memory by Michelle Kicherer I remember the first time I experienced falling snow. I was standing outside a hotel in Chicago. It was February. We were both wearing many layers under our jackets because it was seven degrees and we were from California, and did not have legitimate coats. In Read More
Alzheimer’s at Young Ages – “Still Alice”
Julianne Moore does an incredible job at playing the part of brilliant, 50-year-old college professor “Alice” who recognizes her own symptoms of a brain disorder – thinking, of course, that it must be a brain tumor. She was forgetting words and directions with more frequency; her normal thought process seemed just a little “out of Read More
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