Amy Ferris: Assisted Loving
A daughter’s struggle to come to terms with her mother’s dementia.
Experience 12 Minutes In Alzheimer’s Dementia
Take a look at this video, do you think it represents Dementia correctly?
End of Life Decisions: What Do Lawyers Owe Their Clients?
In an era of near daily stunning advances in medicine, what constitutes the “heroic measures” so many people say they do not want?
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A profound personal connection with a grandchild moving on
Nicole wanted to arrange a visit with my mother, her grandmother, who just the month before celebrated her 96th birthday.
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Memory and cognitive decline: Family challenges
Dementia and cognitive decline can bring out both the best and the worst in families. In short, dementia can either make or break the person and the family.
I’m Still Here
Hello, I’m still here! But this time here means I am home! And I will be here for almost three months!
An excerpt from Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out
I race up and down the corridors of my mind, frantically seeking to make sense of what’s going on around me. Sometimes this process makes me even more lost, and I become lost about why I am lost!
Whole and Complete
In the eyes of many others, sometimes even the eyes of care-partners, I am seen as less than a complete someone.
Richard’s call to ACTION
Stand up! Speak Up! Do not victimize yourself with your own silence.