Mar 13, 2019 | Caregiving, Caregiving Featured
BY DR. MARIE PASINSKI Carol could not understand why her identical twin sister had suffered from Alzheimer’s for 10 years while she herself showed no signs of the disease. “After all,” she reasoned, “we have identical genes.” Like many of my patients, Carol thought...
Mar 12, 2019 | Caregiving, Caregiving Featured
BY DANIEL C. POTTS, MD, FAAN Have you thought about what may be the root cause of the pervasive and toxic stigma associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia? I think about it a lot. I believe stigma is the greatest barrier to be faced in all...
Mar 12, 2019 | Caregiving, Caregiving Featured
BY CINDY PERSKY What do you do when you are a retired R.N for basically 22 years, a stay at home mom for 25 years, an empty nester, and want to get back into the workforce? I got lucky and became an independent consultant for Beautycounter, a company whose mission is...
Jan 14, 2019 | Caregiving, Caregiving Featured
BY PAM MONTANA Happy New Year! The beginning of the year allows me to reflect and to consider potential changes or modifications that I should make going forward, to reflect on 2018 and to try to appreciate all that I was able to achieve in my second year of living...
Nov 28, 2018 | Caregiving, Caregiving Featured
The following essay is an excerpt from the book “My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver” written by former Wisconsin Gov. Martin J. Schreiber. BY MARTIN J. SCHREIBER With Alzheimer’s caregiving, there’s no point...
Nov 14, 2018 | Caregiving
The following essay is an excerpt from the book Broken Beauty: Piecing Together Lives Shattered by Early-Onset Alzheimer’s. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon and in stores January 15, 2019. BY SARAH B. SMITH I’ll never forget the day my mom almost ate...
