Caring for a loved one is challenging, particularly the Alzheimer journey, which is inevitably one of loss. But there are moments of the journey that can be uplifting, funny, heart-warming and beautiful. In sharing those stories we give and gather strength. Share with...
Tom Gunnels’ grandmother has dementia. He recently wrote an 8,000 word essay about her disease and how it has affected his family, ending up as one of five national finalists in the 2010 Norman Mailer College Writing Awards for Creative Nonfiction. The effect of...
Dr. Marc E. Agronin, a geriatric psychiatrist and mental health director for the Miami Jewish Health Systems was featured in The New York Times Sunday edition. The focus of the article is on the work he does with caregivers. The highlight of the article are the...
Maria Shriver writes movingly about her experience as a child of Alzheimer’s following the death of her father Sargent Shriver from Alzheimer’s disease, in a report she wrote in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association. The report included a nationwide survey and...
