New Interactive Caregiving Guide: Dementia and Driving
How do you decide when it’s time for someone with dementia to stop driving? And how do you have that tough talk about taking…
How do you decide when it’s time for someone with dementia to stop driving? And how do you have that tough talk about taking…
More than one in 10 people who catch COVID don’t fully recover. Symptoms persist, and doctors call that chronic condition “long COVID.” Those symptoms may…
September 20, 2024 Sasha Neal (@dementiasdaughter) is an audio visual producer and writer who lives in London, UK. She provided caregiving support to her…
August 29, 2024 John-Paul Ashton is a caregiver to his father who lives with dementia. As one of four grown adult children, watching the…
Creating art for healing purposes dates back tens of thousands of years, to the practices of First Nations people around the world. Art therapy…
Tapping into creativity can feel out of reach for people that are navigating living with Alzheimer’s. We spoke to a neuroscientist, a former academic,…
Corliss Wallingford was inspired to start a therapeutic horse riding center in her home state of Virginia after her daughter, who is non verbal,…
Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we spend so much…
During the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia last week, researchers and drug companies presented data on a range of different Alzheimer’s drugs. Amidst…
In a recent survey, Being Patient put a question to readers: “What is the biggest barrier preventing you from seeking a trial?” The most…
Researchers have long tied inflammation to increasing Alzheimer’s risk, particularly in how it triggers amyloid production in the brain. Scientists are now delving deeper…
July 12, 2024 Brian Bennett is a former packaging executive and was a caregiver to his mother who lived with dementia. My mother was…
Have you ever thought about donating your brain to science? Don’t worry — I mean after you die. Perhaps you’ve heard about donating your…
Dementia can be anxiety-provoking for both the people living with it and their loved ones and caretakers. People new to caregiving or to neurodegenerative…
June 28, 2024 Michelle Tuinstra is currently working as an interim school principal and is a caregiver to her father living with Alzheimer’s. She…