Why Holding Onto Fear...

Holding onto fear, worry, over-analysis, and relying on ‘intellectualizing’ every problem can...

Anna Freud (1895-1982): Child...

Anna Freud was born on December 3, 1895, in Vienna, Austria. She...
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Missing You Mom, The Grief Just Never Seems To Pass

As many of you know, I stepped into the dementia arena, because my mother lived with dementia symptoms for 30 years. For the first 10 years, she was misdiagnosed and told it was her hormones. She knew it was different from what her girlfriends were going through, but she had never been taken seriously by her doctor. Now, I’ll admit it was a long time ago as Mom passed in 2014, add 30 years on top of...

This Is Our...

"This Is Our Life" is the final line of a production entitled "Resurrection" that my husband Steve and I have been a part of with our...

Hope and Resolve...

Alzheimer’s disease has been the greatest heartbreak of my life.  I lost my mother to Alzheimer's disease. And then, my father. I tell their...

76 Miles, 16...

After some crazy back and forth emails tossing around ideas, it was decided. We would run for an hour at a time on...

Ending Alzheimer's One...

Research into the causes and potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has been as complicated as the disease itself.  Patti Davis borrowed the phrase...

Results of IGIV...

The first results from the GAP study of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IGIV) for Alzheimer’s disease were just announced and are disappointing but not entirely...

When My World...

“In all likelihood, you have mild cognitive impairment that will eventually lead to younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease, especially with your family’s history.” With that brief pronouncement,...

Making Plans for...

Two years ago, at the age of 69, I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Shortly after receiving the diagnosis, I began to think...

The Role of...

Lori La Bey is a change agent shifting dementia care around the world. Just ask Oprah, Maria Shriver, Sharecare, AARP MN, or The...

A Caregiver's Decision...

Volunteers – both with and without Alzheimer's disease – are needed to participate in actively enrolling clinical trials about Alzheimer's and related dementias....