Holidays & Dementia: Ideas & Suggestions for the Holiday Season – Part Two

This is part two of our series focusing on ideas and suggestions for adapting family traditions and caring for yourself, when a loved one has dementia. By:  Lauren Flake I remember the last time I was able to bring my mother, who had early onset Alzheimer’s disease, to my house on Christmas Eve. It was […]

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Holidays & Dementia: Ideas and Suggestions for the Holiday Season – Part One

This is part one of a two-part series focusing on ideas and suggestions for adapting family traditions and caring for yourself, when a loved one has dementia. By:  Todd Wagoner, MSW, LCSW While the holiday season is a time for celebration and joy, many care partners supporting loved ones with dementia may feel added stress […]

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1,440 People Will Develop Alzheimer’s Disease Today

One person…every minute…1,440 people. This is the number of people that will develop Alzheimer’s disease today. This doesn’t take into consideration the numbers of people that will develop other types of dementia today (i.e. Lewy Body, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, and others). This disease is personal to me as I know it is to many […]

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