Interest in the arts as enhancers of life's quality is pretty well understood. Studies have shown the healing effects of music. I wrote about one such study in "Music Therapy Helps Some Regain Speech After Stroke." No matter what our age or health situation is, music, as well as the other fine arts and crafts, help most of us live life more... Read more
Are you sick of arguing with Dad over his driving? Is Mom unable to handle her checkbook, but she'll be darned if she'll let "you kids" take over? Is your older brother dead set against Dad going to a locked Alzheimer's unit, even though he's wandered away from Mom's care three times, once in the dead of winter?
Family problems can... Read more
"Don't ever put me in a nursing home!"
How often have we heard that? And how many of us have fallen prey to making a promise not to let this happen?
Generally, the elder asking you to make this promise is remembering a visit to a friend or relative, often years back, and has decided all nursing homes are dreadful places.... Read more
An article on a drug that may prevent long-term damage from traumatic brain injury hit me between the eyes. My dad suffered a closed head injury during World War II. After weeks in a coma, he learned to walk and talk again, and lived a relatively normal life into his early 70s. By then, fluid was building up behind scar tissue and he was... Read more
Imagine this: Your mother has Alzheimer's. She gets upset and worried when she must leave the house, as she doesn't recognize her surroundings and fear sets in. She's in a state of paranoia most of the time. The person on television is talking to her. The paper carrier is trying to break in. The UPS person is breaking down the door.
Now,... Read more
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