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Ty Lewis, professional educator, certified dementia consultant, wife, mother, and care partner to her own mother, explains how normalizing dementia has the potential to…
A $2.8M grant awarded to scientists at the University of New Hampshire will help develop assistive care robots that will help caregivers with burdensome…
“When my wife becomes agitated, I’ll put Diva in her lap and ask her to get a tangle out of Diva’s fur,” John says. “The minute I place Diva in her lap, Judy calms down and she can sit for long periods of time, peacefully picking at the tangle.”