Handling the Holidays When a Loved One Has Dementia
Holidays are memory days. But not for people with dementia.“Do you remember the year the tree fell over…when the...
Handling the Holidays When a Loved One Has Dementia
Alzheimer’s Disease
Being a Friend to Someone with Memory Loss
Being a Friend to Someone with Memory Loss
Dear Friends, If I should experience dementia, I would like you to know the following helpful information....
Visiting Someone with Alzheimer’s
Visiting Someone with Alzheimer’s
Gabriel García Márquez, in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, tells the story of a poor Colombian peasant...
The Value of Outings for the Elderly
The Value of Outings for the Elderly
By Cheryl Edwards-Cannon There is a perception that those with memory loss must be confined and are not allowed to...
Sanity Tips for Taking a Loved One with Dementia on an Outing
Sanity Tips for Taking a Loved One with Dementia on an Outing
By Cheryl Edwards-Cannon My mother lived with dementia for more than 15 years. For as long as she was able, I made...
Help People with Dementia Participate in the Outside World
Help People with Dementia Participate in the Outside World
By Cheryl Edwards-Cannon My mother had early-onset dementia. She and my father lived in a lovely residential...
Why Visit a Person Who Does Not Respond?
Why Visit a Person Who Does Not Respond?
Why continue to visit a person when they do not respond? Elizabeth A. Havey, author of the blog Boomer Highway,...
Signs of Alzheimer’s
Signs of Alzheimer’s
Many people, including myself, want to know what signs to look for. For wisdom on this subject I went to wonderful...
