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Brenda Avadian Answers Questions re Caregivers for Seniors
Interview with caregiver expert Sometimes, it’s a good idea to step back and reflect. This is one of those times, when I answer six questions regarding caring for aging parents, the biggest mistakes...
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Research Updates for Caregivers and People with Dementia
Each week, Alzheimer’s, dementia research, and caregiver-related articles fill my inbox. I consider publishing a handful with comments, an excerpt, and a link to the original article, but LIFE often...
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Angel Nala Comforts People with Alzheimer’s
With no training and drawing no salary, Nala reports to work each morning to comfort residents who live with Alzheimer’s at a Minnesota nursing home. That’s because four-legged Nala is a five-year-old...
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What is it about caregiver guilt?
What is it about guilt that causes some caregivers to suffer? What’s worse is some of us become paralyzed by guilt. How fair is that? It’s not. During the almost twenty years, I’ve specialized in...
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The Mountain called Dementia
Norrms, as he’s affectionately known, has been living with dementia for over seven years. First diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and then later with Lewy body dementia, his words inspire and help caregivers...
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VOICES with Dementia – Kate Swaffer of DAI
The Caregiver’s Voice will be launching a new column called VOICES with Dementia. During the latter part of the last century (mid-to late nineties), few voices of people with dementia or Alzheimer’s...
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How Can Hearing Better Help Delay Dementia?
Guest article by EarQ Today, 48 million Americans report some degree of hearing loss. Meanwhile, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia, every 67...
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I feel safe
The Caregiver’s Voice builds a bridge between care partners and people with dementia for our first VOICES with Dementia article. Beginning with a decade-long caregiver’s heartfelt piece written in his...
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Encouraging Memory Sharing, One Photo at a Time
There are over five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease today and it is the only disease in the top 10 causes of death that cannot be prevented, slowed, or cured. Alzheimer’s is unique,...
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If YOU Only Knew What They Were Thinking
If you only knew, what each person carries in his/her heart. When we realize that each person – like us – carries burdens throughout the day, we’d be more understanding, empathic, and compassionate....
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SPECIAL Book Deal for Caregivers
The Caregiver’s Voice is celebrating success! STUFFology 101: Get Your Mind Out of the Clutter was the Top-Ranked title in three categories for five days last month and was named the Top-Selling...
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Living Well or Beyond Dementia?
Kate Swaffer, co-founder, editor, and Chair of Dementia Alliance International (DAI) lives beyond dementia in Australia. Despite her first 18 months of sadness, which could have led to depression, she...
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Therapeutic Approaches for People with Dementia
According to the Alzheimer’s Dementia International, almost 47 million people around the world have dementia caused by Alzheimer’s, Lewy body, vascular, frontotemporal lobe, Parkinson’s, including...
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Caregiver Finds HUMOR to Survive and Thrive
Sheri Zschocher began blogging in 2008 to cope with caring for her husband who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As a caregiver, she has found a sense of humor with humility. When caregivers began...
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Dr. Richard Taylor Stands Up and Speaks About His Alzheimer’s
One voice with Alzheimer’s may have been silenced… but not forgotten. Co-founder of Dementia Alliance International, the late Dr. Richard Taylor was a psychologist prior to being diagnosed at age 58...
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How De-Cluttering Will Help Caregivers and Loved Ones De-Stress
Declutter To Reduce Caregiver And Care Recipient’s Stress Guest article by Chris Seman Studies report that clutter causes anxiety. Books such as Marie Kondo’s The Magic of Tidying Up, have become best...
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The Real Leading Cause of Dementia – Not Alzheimer’s
We often read that the leading causes of dementia include Alzheimer’s, vascular, Lewy body, Parkinson’s, mild cognitive impairment, and frontotemporal lobe dementia. There’s one type of dementia that...
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Susan Suchan on Personal Hygiene for People with Dementia
Eleven years ago, when Susan Suchan noticed she was forgetting important details, she received a diagnosis of younger onset Alzheimer’s. She was told to go home and live life, that there was nothing...
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An Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial With The Cowboy Doctor
My father, Martin Avadian, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 86 by a geriatric assessment team shortly before a cowboy invited him to participate in a clinical drug study. A cowboy? Who was this...
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“I was born a caregiver”– Gary Joseph LeBlanc
Gary Joseph LeBlanc says, “I was born a caregiver.” Who prepares for this role? Few of us, including me. I became a caregiver before I realized I was caregiving. Few options remained, so my husband and...
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