As any veteran caregiver can attest to, dementia has a nasty way of making a difficult situation even more challenging. So, when you combine dementia and depression together in a single elderly loved one, it can be especially hard for a concerned family member to know...
Most of us find, as we travel our unique journeys, that certain phrases or concepts take on the status of truth in our world view. Our personal truths may not be identical to those of others, but we know what is true for us. Below, I’ve shared, as food for...
Many of us grew up hearing and seeing things that didn’t make old age a very exciting time in life to look forward to. Perhaps we had older relatives who were “old before their time” or were “stuck in their ways.” Fortunately, times have...
If the human brain is a subway, then the issues caused by Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are damaged tracks and broken down trains preventing neurological “commuters” from carrying their messages throughout the body. As with any type of travel...
One of the biggest worries of a married couple where one spouse needs to go into a nursing home is that the spouse who is still at home will become impoverished in order to pay their partner’s bills. While it is true that the nursing home spouse may not have more than...
