Primal Fear: Disclosing a Dementia Diagnosis
Because we’re human, we fear what we don’t understand. We are skilled in constructing real and imagined boundaries around matters we’re unable to control and hope to keep at bay....
Lisa B. Capp
Balancing Caregiving and a Career
Studies, articles and blogs today give caregivers advice on balancing responsibility and managing stress. Whether you can hold a demanding job(s) or advance a career as a primary caregiver remains...
Life Lessons from Dementia Caregiving Promises Made and Broken
In 1965 I was 9 years old when my grandfather was moved to a nursing home. The massive wooden door of the old mansion-turned-institutional care facility always opened with a...
Embracing Life with Joy and Wonder A Complex Dance Through Alzheimer’s
Today 5.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias, diseases that are blind to gender, ethnicity, political party and faith. By 2050 the number of those “living with”...
Love: Lost and Found on The Edge of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is now the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Behind this statistic are 16 million Americans providing unpaid care to a loved one with Alzheimer’s...
Are you a Care Partner? Surviving the Rollercoaster Journey
Many ask about the progression of dementia and Alzheimer’s – what are the “stages” of the disease for those diagnosed? Care Partners also experience a journey that plays out in...