The Longest Day: My mom is awake
Our second blog for The Longest Day comes from Lori, a long-time volunteer and fundraiser with the Alzheimer’s Association. Lori’s mother has Alzheimer’s disease. My mother Shirley Preuitt is at the end stages of...
Category: Caregiving
The Longest Day: So Mama, how was your day?
Our first guest blog today is from Vincent, who blogs about his experience caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s disease. I encourage you all to check him out at www.dementia-mama-drama.com What do you remember?...
The Longest Day: Caregivers – Today we honor YOU!
Today is The Longest Day – Summer Solstice, the day with the most hours of daylight. And on this Longest Day, we are honoring people with Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners for the...
How can we manage difficult Alzheimer’s behaviors?
Following a morning packed with information about research, the afternoon session of the Alzheimer’s Association education conference in Petaluma featured a panel discussion with four individuals who are currently caring for a loved one...
Recap: Why has finding a cure been so hard, and can music help?
It’s yet another packed house at our education conference today in Petaluma, Calif. The morning started with The Pathological Course of Alzheimer’s Disease: Why Finding a Cure Has Been So Hard by Owen Carmichael,...
Notes from Updates on Dementia: LGBT Caregiving Challenges
Amy Whelan, Esq., is a senior staff attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights talked about the history of the LGBT community and common hurdles LGBT elders face in healthcare access. Theses challenges...
Plan for the Future but Live in the “Now”
Everyday I feel honored to work with such amazing individuals. I want to share with you an article that was written by one of our early stage individuals – Charles Warner. Charles is a...
A few tips for long distance caregivers
We live in a mobile society. It’s no longer the norm for families to live in the same town or state. Our families can be spread across the globe. That, in conjunction with our...
