For those who prefer to listen to this story: I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a daughter and a sister. I should say my life has been blessed, but find that difficult to say [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Every Sunday, Rob Backlund of Burlington gathers envelopes and stamps and prints out seven copies of a letter. Daily letters to the leader of the free world are an example of how Backlund has [...]
A tremendous toll is exacted on family in the early phase of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease as we move from denial to acceptance. We live in fear of what will happen next, but in greater fear [...]
As a caregiver to someone with dementia, It’s difficult to remember what they were, Before the tangles and the plaques She dressed impeccably, Everything matched, even things you couldn’t [...]
