“What I couldn’t find is how someone dies from Alzheimer’s. What do those complications look like in an Alzheimer’s patient? What does it mean for the…
As caregiving expert Teepa Snow is well-aware, better understanding dementia and supporting loved ones living with the disease is crucial. However, caregiving also comes…
Interfaith Hospice Chaplain Ellie Douglass discusses her approach to caregiving through creative listening, mindfulness and respectful language. Caregiving for a person who is nearing…
Adaptive interaction — a way of communicating that involves mirroring a person’s actions — is helping carers connect with nonverbal people living with dementia….
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…
Alzheimer’s is one of the most common causes of death. What can caregivers do to make the last days for someone with late-stage Alzheimer’s…
When both of my parents entered medical crisis in a short span of time around age 90, I realized that the end of their…
Among America’s aging prison inmates, dementia is growing more prevalent. This reality came into sharp focus when, this summer, an inmate with Alzheimer’s was…
Having conversations about end of life care is difficult at any age, but for seniors, it can be especially difficult. Facing your mortality is…
One in five study participants said they would be interested in pursuing physician-assisted suicide if they develop severe dementia. Gerda Saunders, an author and…
Diane Rehm, whose husband John Rehm lived with Parkinson’s, shares her perspective on why people living with dementia deserves a say in their end…
My stepfather, a retired army colonel, retained his military precision with time, language and behavior more than two decades after he retired. Even in…