Reactions to an Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis
This Associated Press (AP) headline on the computer caused me to raise my eyebrows in surprise: “News of High Alzheimer’s Risk Doesn’t Devastate” Could this really be true? The article summed up the results of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in The New England Journal of Medicine on July [...]
Book Review: You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Caregivers
“How can I possibly find time to write in a journal?” I said, thinking of my already never-ending “To Do” list. In this brief and encouraging book, “You Want Me to Do What? Journaling for Caregivers,” author B. Lynn Goodwin shows caregivers how we can make the time — starting with just a few minutes [...]
Book Review: Designated Daughter — The Bonus Years With Mom
I was afraid to read this book. Afraid it would hit too close to home. And I was right . . . it did. But I loved it so much, I read it cover-to-cover twice over! What Is a Designated Daughter? Here is the definition in the author’s words: “When my mother became a widow, [...]
A Holiday Gathering for Family Caregivers
I was planning to write a post about family caregivers, our aging parents and/or relatives, and the many issues we might face during the hectic holiday season. In organizing my own thoughts and researching this topic, I found there are many excellent resources already available on the internet about this very subject. Instead of reinventing [...]
DVD Review: Saving Our Parents
Before watching this documentary I thought it was going to be an investigative report focused on elder abuse, and I was surprised to find out it is much more comprehensive than that! In fact, I wish a major TV network or PBS would air this eye-opening documentary during prime time because it is filled with [...]
How Prepared Are You for the Future?
Six weeks ago I asked the TLeC community to participate in a survey by Ryan Malone, founder of Inside Assisted Living. The survey was initiated to better understand in which way and to what degree families are prepared for their loved ones’ transition to assisted living. The results have been tallied and the free Assisted [...]
What Matters?
On Tuesday my blog received the honor of being selected as “New Blog of the Week” by Barbara Swafford of Blogging Without A Blog (BWAB)! On a weekly basis, Barbara selects one blog that is less than four months old and highlights it on her blog. You can read the lovely compliments she paid me [...]
Book Review: My Stroke of Insight
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. This is not normally the type of book I read for pleasure; I’m much more of a fiction lover. But I heard a podcast interview with the author, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, and her compelling story had me buying her book [...]
Wanna Jitterbug? The Cell Phone, Not the Dance
Some friends bought their mother, another Golden Oldie whom I know and adore, a cell phone – mainly to keep with her when she was out and about in case of emergency. They purchased the phone and service, charged the phone, and went over the instructions for use in detail with their mom. P.S. To their great frustration, their [...]
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