Vicki Bartholomew started a support group for wives who are caring for a husband with Alzheimer’s disease because she needed that sort of group…
When your loved one gets a dementia diagnosis, you probably know that you should start getting their affairs in order. Your doctor may talk…
With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot…
All caregivers for people with dementia reach a point when prayers are not for more time, or days of clarity and recognition. At a…
My stepfather, a retired army colonel, retained his military precision with time, language and behavior more than two decades after he retired. Even in…
By Emily Woodruff What’s worse than finding out your loved one has Alzheimer’s? Getting an Alzheimer’s diagnosis yourself. And the stigma and social isolation…
By Emily Woodruff Dementia is not a disease that just takes away memories. It steals a person’s ability to communicate and perform everyday tasks,…
What is it like to live with Alzheimer’s disease? The Being Patient Podcast gives a rare account of what it’s like to live with Alzheimer’s from the patient’s perspective. The first of an ongoing series, we feature Brian Kursonis. Diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in his fifties, Brian explains why it took a year to get a diagnosis and how he’s fighting a declining memory.
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