Feb 12, 2019 | Prevention
BY DR. MARC MILSTEIN Head to toe you are about 37 trillion human cells, give or take a trillion. You are also about 37 trillion bacteria cells. I hate to break it to you, but you are half human, half bacteria. What is all that bacteria doing living on and inside...
Jan 14, 2019 | Caregiving
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
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...
Oct 15, 2018 | Caregiving
BY MARIA DENEAU Panic attacks. Anxiety. Fight or flight. Feeling stuck. Depression. Lack of self care. Denial. These are all fallout behaviors experienced by long-term caregivers or family members who have dealt with Alzheimer’s disease. They also feel a lot like...