Seeking a Meaningful and Purposeful Life
Most of us seek a meaningful and purposeful life. For many people with dementia however, care facilities seem geared more towards survival than making quality of life paramount. Research by E Barnett, from her conversations with people in Day Centers, show that they had three main preoccupations; home, loss and making a contribution. So often, people in various care facilities are the recipients of regimes that do not take into account the wishes of...
Long distance care coordination for relatives and friends of people with Alzheimer's is becoming more common. The main reason is that over... Read more »
I first began noticing that Mom was experiencing memory loss in 2002. During that year, my parents came to visit me and I remember Dad... Read more »
The days when it was considered unusual or perhaps even a little strange to have a mental health problem have long gone. We've known for... Read more »
Many people report that losing weight is easy, however it's maintaining this weight loss that continually proves to be the difficult part.... Read more »
National Public Radio (NPR) recently aired a story about the Intergenerational School's volunteer program that promotes interaction between... Read more »
At first, you celebrated when your girlfriend got the amazing Internet job in Seattle; but that was before you got a fellowship to N.Y.U. Now, six... Read more »
Echinacea and St. John's wort, popular herbal treatments for, respectively, boosting the immune system and treating depression, have been linked with... Read more »
An intensive, four-week long 'boot camp' may help people who suffer from chronic pain manage their condition more effectively, researchers say. The... Read more »
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