“And while I’m still able,” Sandra Day O’Connor
Our heroes succumb. It is the circle of life, regrettably. I am a woman of middle age. I occupy that space at the tail end of the baby-boomer generation. My career was spent in high tech and I [...]
At least I don’t have Alzheimer’s…
I may be living in the desert southwest now, but an unusually rainy October day transports me back to thoughts of caregiving in the northeast with my mom. Those cold autumn days when although the [...]
Life Lessons from Dementia Caregiving
Promises made. Promises broken. In 1965 I was 9 years old when my grandfather was moved to a nursing home. The massive wooden door of the old mansion-turned-institutional care facility always [...]
Post-Menopausal with a Family History of Dementia
Sorting through the new research Our recent news cycle has teemed with reports from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC18), an annual gathering of scientists and [...]
Balancing Caregiving and Career
Studies, articles and blogs today give caregivers advice on balancing responsibility and managing stress. Whether you can hold a demanding job(s) or advance a career as a primary caregiver [...]