Dos Voces, Un Destino: Un viaje largo
El viaje del El Salvador a San Francisco es largo, bastante tiempo para pensar. Cuando tomamos la decisión de traernos a mamá y papá a vivir con nosotros no entendÃamos cuanto iba a cambiar...
Tagged: dementias
25 Years of Making our Voice Heard: Let 2013 be the Year of Real Change
On April 22, volunteers from around the country will convene in Washington, D.C. for the 25th Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum — the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s policy event. Since 1989, dedicated Alzheimer’s advocates have met...
Finally! Alzheimer’s is getting attention, and lots of it
Although there are occasional reports about a scientific breakthrough or positive legislation that’s been enacted, most stories about Alzheimer’s contain bad news. That makes me rejoice! Say what? That probably sounds perverse, so let...
Delirium or Dementia – Do you know the difference?
What do we mean by delirium? Also called the acute confusional state, delirium is a medical condition that results in confusion and other disruptions in thinking and behavior, including changes in perception, attention, mood...
A Poem for Dad: Hell-and the synapses that done it
Jim Davis wrote a poem in honor of his dad, who passed away from Alzheimer’s disease this year on February 23. His father would have been 97 years old this month. Jim and his...
Uneasy Rider
John has become very fearful of riding in the car. Part of the problem is that somehow he believes that he is driving the car. Granted he’s seated in the front looking out through...
Volunteers Push for Legislative Change at California Advocacy Day 2013
The normally drab halls of the California State Capitol were sparkling with color on March 6 as 160 Californians, clad in bright purple sashes, descended on Sacramento for Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day 2013. As family...
Dos Voces, Un Destino: La historia de dos hermanas cuidando sus padres
Hola Mami, ¿como esta? La llamada era rutina. Cuándo nuestros padres se retiraron hace 31 años se regresaron a El Salvador, el paÃs donde nacieron. Allà podÃan vivir viene de sus penciones. Nuestros padres...
