Unfortunately, I find myself increasingly in a situation where friends tell me that a loved one has been recently diagnosed with dementia. And increasingly, I find myself thinking back to when we finally heard the words “Alzheimer’s disease” come from a doctor’s lips.So how can family members prepare for the long road... Read more
I was always worried that Mom would wander and become lost and/or hurt herself when as her Alzheimer’s progressed. However, because her lungs were so badly weakened by the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, she didn’t have the stamina to go for long distances. Yet as the recent HBO documentary “The Alzheimer’s... Read more
Around 2003, when Mom exhibited memory loss but hadn’t been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I wish that my family would have had access to Suzy Welch’s book, “10-10-10: 10 Minutes, 10 Months, 10 Years – A Life-Transforming Idea.” My gut instinct in 2003 was to jump in, take control and solve the problem;... Read more
My friend, Mara, and I recently met to see Michael Caine’s new movie, “Is Anybody There?” Caine plays Clarence, a former magician who grumpily moves into a retirement home of sorts—it’s house run by a couple that apparently need the money. He ends up befriending the owners’ young son Edward, who is... Read more
Count me relieved. That’s the feeling I have after watching the two-part research portion of the Alzheimer’s Project documentary that was aired by HBO and which is available to stream on your computer on HBO.com.
What caused my relief, you might ask? First of all, there are the odds of getting Alzheimer’s. According to the... Read more
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