A Data Scientist Visualized Her Mother’s Cognitive Test Results — Here’s How It Helped Her Family
Inevitably, dementia affects a person’s identity, and it can take time to come to terms with some of the changes along the way. For…
Inevitably, dementia affects a person’s identity, and it can take time to come to terms with some of the changes along the way. For…
Trouble remembering things? Similar to Alzheimer’s, depression can cause memory loss. According to the World Health Organization, more than 280 million people worldwide live…
If you have access to a garden — be it a community garden, local botanical gardens, try it out this Earth Day. Even just…
My sister and I shared caregiving responsibilities for my mother, and I know from experience that while those of us with a caregiving team…
Ka`imi A. Sinclair has devoted her career to brain health equity in indigenous communities and to getting these communities more involved in Alzheimer’s and…
Image: Adelaide Iverson (middle), who was 94 years old at the time, and Dave Iverson (right) after Adelaide was invited to throw the opening…
For Gerda Saunders, much about life has changed since she was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of vascular dementia, in 2011. Following…
Scriptwriter, cupcake entrepreneur and Shark Tank winner Tracey Wheeler Noonan reflects on the decline of her parents’ health due to Alzheimer’s. In caregiving, we…
Thirty years ago, dementia was a condition less understood than it is now and assumed to be a normal part of aging. A condition…
Patti LaFleur sees her relationship with her mother Linda LaTurner as a partnership. LaFleur cares for her mother full-time, and she describes LaTurner as…
Alzheimer’s disease is considered fatal because it often leads to death. But dying of Alzheimer’s is a bit more complicated than that. Alzheimer’s disease…
Scent-based workshops are helping people with dementia tap into good feelings — and good memories. As celebrity “scent guru” Ruth Sutcliffe watched her mom…
What happens when a person who appears to show signs of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia walks out of a supermarket in the…
I lived in Atlanta when my last two children were born. They were both boys, only 18 months apart, a rambunctious change of life…
Image: Frank Piccolo and his wife, Theresa, traveling together in Italy in 2001. Courtesy Theresa Piccolo Frank Piccolo was a beloved high school chemistry…