Senior Care Blog

Family crises don’t make appointments…they just happen whether you are ready or not. In fact, our clock is ticking: • Every 67 seconds another person in America is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and that is just one of the nearly...

As I look to the close of November which has been National Alzheimer’s Awareness month, I thought it would be helpful to allow someone who was diagnosed with has Alzheimer’s to give this devastating disease a voice. Richard Taylor,...

In our book, How Do I Know You?: A Caregiver’s Lifesaver for Dealing with Dementia, we say: Alzheimer’s remains the only disease in the top ten causes of death in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or...

This month I have been posting exclusively about Alzheimer’s because November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month. Most of us probably know someone who has been diagnosed with the condition, a condition that sees a new diagnosis in America...

To anyone with a loved one who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease we geriatric care managers work to give them options in the midst of losing their loved one a day at a time as the condition worsens....

Well, first of all, the basics keep changing, but we try to regularly update you on what we know about the most common dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease. It is especially appropriate given that November is coming up; it’s Alzheimer’s Awareness...

As we age, our bodies give us feedback we’re not used to. Activities that never required a second thought suddenly take some planning. Sometimes it’s hard to know if a new pain or sensation is something that we should...

How often have you heard comments like: “Oh, mom is just a bit blue;” or “Her husband died six months ago…she should just snap out of it;” or “He just likes his time to himself.” They are all ways...