An Alzheimer’s Caregiver Learns a New Way to Love

Our lost year. Looking back, that’s what I consider it, that first year after my husband was diagnosed…

Amy Grant’s Three Caregiving Tips

Ambiguous Loss: Grieving a Loved One Who Is Physically Present but Mentally or Emotionally Impaired

Lauri Scharf, LSW, MSHS, is a Care Consultant & Master Trainer at Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging The feelings…

A Mail Carrier’s Instincts Save a Life and Start a Friendship

In late 2017, at a certain holiday celebration in Staten Island, New York, the attendees had more to…

This Alzheimer’s Memory Cafe Is Giving Caregivers a Break

Pam Van Ahn and her sister Jean spent four years providing respite care to family caregivers who couldn’t…

Alzheimer’s Disease: Comedy Improv Is a Surprising Resource

Grace, my teenage daughter, sat on our couch with my 87-year-old mom, goofing around on her phone. “You…

Allison Pataki on How Her Marriage Survived Her Husband’s Stroke

VIDEO 1 Dave and I were 30 years old. Young, healthy couple, married and on the cusp of…

A Hospice Nurse Finds Glimpses of Heaven in Caregiving

Lenora was dying. She was 54 and had inoperable cancer. She lay in bed on pillows surrounded by…

Actor Percy Daggs III on Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s

Tell us about your grandmother, Sadye Daggs. My grandma was the best grandma. She was all about family.…

A Caregiver Makes the Healthy Choice to Change Her Diet

They say every working mom does a juggling act with personal, family and professional responsibilities. I sure knew…