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    Carol Bradley Bursack

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    posted 11/16/2009, comments (2)

    Help Yourself Avoid Holiday Depression By Allowing Guilt Free Imperfection

    The holiday season is upon us. How on earth, as we care for elders with dementia, children of many ages with great expectations, multiple housing arrangements and the outside pressures of holiday "cheer," do we cope?   My parents were, at one time, great celebrators of Christmas. My kids loved going to their home for Christmas... Read moreChevron
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    Alzheimer's Caregiver Lament -- I can't take her out because she eats with her hands.

    The positive effects of socialization, initiative, and motivation on the part of Alzheimer's sufferers and their caregiver should not be overlooked. I believe these are as important as the medication......   My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. My mother Dorothy, now 93 years old, suffers from Alzheimer's disease. We live... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/09/2009, comments (3)

    “I Still Do” Offers Powerful Insight Into Alzheimer’s Through Art

    During the last few years there has been an explosion of books on Alzheimer's disease. Some are "how-to" books with specific advice on coping with the many difficulties of the disease. Many are medical in nature and some are personal stories. Most are emotionally touching in that this disease is a family disease that changes the lives of each... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/05/2009, comments (4)

    Later Stage Dementia - Some Common Ground For Communication

    My 88 year old mother has "unspecified" dementia.  She presents all of the classic Alzheimer's disease dementia characteristics.  Since January 2009, she has slipped quickly from someone who was having occasional memory problems, but could carry on a relevant conversation, to someone who now speaks about her delusions as though they... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/04/2009, comments (5)

    Dementia: To Know or Not To Know, A Ponderance

    A reader posed a most intriguing question to me giving me pause for thought:  Would I, if I had it to do over again, want to know my diagnosis of dementia?   I answered in fifty words or less...but the question begs for further exploration.   Each of us is different-that's a "duhhhh" statement if I ever heard one; but it's so... Read moreChevron
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