The Beauty of What Remains Excerpt – The Loss of a Father to Alzheimer’s

Jan 26, 2021 | Caregiving

As the leader of one of the largest synagogues in the world, Rabbi Steve Leder has comforted thousands of grieving families who’ve lost loved ones. But as he tells us in the following excerpt from new book, The Beauty of What Remains, it still...

Dementia Friendly Communities: What They Are and How They Benefit Everyone

Jan 26, 2021 | Caregiving

Co-founder of the Fox Valley Memory Project, Susan McFadden, Ph.D., believes dementia friendly communities benefit everyone. Here’s why — and what communities can do to become more dementia friendly.  WAM: In your new book, Dementia-Friendly Communities:...

Caregiving and Self-Care During the Pandemic

Dec 2, 2020 | Caregiving

In the WAM Weekly, we asked superstar Gerontologist and Chief of Geriatric Medicine at UC Irvine, Lisa Gibbs, MD, how the pandemic has impacted the millions of Americans caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia. WAM: Caregiving is stressful under the best...

Voices Impacted By Alzheimer’s

Nov 17, 2020 | Caregiving

For Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month, we asked some of our favorite WAM friends to tell us why they are engaged in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Listen to their powerful and personal stories below that will capture your...

An Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: Four Umbrellas Book Excerpt

Nov 2, 2020 | Caregiving

Wanting to end the stigma and the stereotype that Alzheimer’s is an old person’s disease, a couple writes about their own journey into young-onset Alzheimer’s in their new book, Four Umbrellas. In this excerpt, they detail Tony’s diagnosis. ...

16 Year Old Caregiver Lindsey Jordan-Powell Reflects 10 Years Later

Oct 5, 2020 | Caregiving

10 years ago Lindsey Jordan-Powell wrote about being a 16 year old caregiver for her father living with Alzheimer’s in The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s. Now looking back, she tells the WAM Weekly about her experience and the...