Late Tuesday night, August 2, 2016, my dad’s Alzheimer’s Journey came to an end. What do you say about losing a parent so slowly, and then at the actual passing? So many things about his physical departure from our life was perfect: His whole family was...
In the end of May I had a great conversation with Tryn Rose Seley, musician, singer and author of 15 Minutes of Fame: One Photo Does Wonders. We talked about music and how it can be used to help both people with dementia or Alzheimer’s as well as family members...
Many of the “unusual behaviors” that leave people scratching their head are related to the changes going on in the brain of someone with dementia. There are 7 main abilities that are affected: Language – this is often the first thing family and...
I haven’t watched all of these (yet) but I decided to do a little research about movies with Alzheimer’s as a main theme in the story line. Here they are, in order from newest to oldest. I checked to see what was on Netflix and made a note if you are a...
Have you heard of “Grumpy Old Man” syndrome? I think the term became popular from the 1983 movie by the same name featuring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau & Ann-Margret. Or was the movie named for the syndrome? No matter – it’s what you HOPE...
Someone recently asked me what it was like when I found out that my dad did, indeed, have Alzheimer’s. The question made me pause for a moment – on the one hand; the science-backed diagnosis meant it was real. It wasn’t in our imagination; my dad...
