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Keeping Up With Dementia and the Holidays

One of my favorite bloggers and one of the wisest, more courageous people I've know is Leah, who suffers from dementia, as well as the challenges of coping with several family tragedies. Here, Leah speaks about dementia and the holidays:

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-24-2008
Assisted Living and Nutrition

Inside Assisted Living is a site I'll be referring to often. Ryan Malone has created a site, book and overall product that is not only informative and professional, but has heart. This particular article, on assisted living and nutrition, is important and I want to pass it along to all of you.

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-22-2008
Refusing to Visit an Elder in a Care Center

If a parent is in a care center, some people run into yet another problem - that of family and friends who simply cannot make themselves go into a nursing home or hospital setting to visit a friend or loved one.

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-09-2008
Depression and the Holidays

We think we’re supposed to be especially happy this time of year. That expectation itself can cause people of all ages to become sad or depressed, but older adults are especially susceptible.

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-07-2008
Home for the Holidays: Be Prepared

Adult children carry with them memoires of holidays past. The sights and smells of the familiar home with Mom and Dad there to present a warm family gathering. So, when we go back to visit, even if we consciously know our parents are aging, we subconsciously expect things to stay the same. This expectation...

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-26-2008
Engage With Grace Provides Valuable Tool for End-Of-Life Discussions

During this time, we as a family also had many talks about quality of life over quantity of life. I never had a doubt about what my parents wanted done, or not done, as their own lives slowly drifted to an end.

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-23-2008
Can the Techniques Taught in Montessori Schools Help Elders with Alzheimer’s?

In "Making Connections," Jimenez focuses on a program developed by Cameron J. Camp, an experimental psychologist. Camp has applied the childhood education principles of Montessori schools to people most consider unable to learn new things. Dr. Camp developed training seminars and materials...

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-21-2008
A Book To Spark Conversation and Thought about the Dying Process

the experience of attending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of a dying loved one, and then witnessing the essence of the person leave the body through death, can be a beautiful, life-altering moment

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
Social Stigma Still Evident for Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Mental Illness

Dementia, too, affects the brain, and people with dementia are often treated as though they have something that shouldn't be talked about. When I started writing my newspaper column and mentioned my mother's arthritis, it didn't bother any of her friends. When I talked about her dementia...

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-28-2008
Obsessive Caregiving Can Be Harmful To Caregiver and Care Receiver

The list went on and on. Daily baths, attention paid to her mother’s nails, lotions, pulling chin hairs…on and on and on. She got a standing ovation, but my heart ached for her. She was in her early 50s and looked in her late 70s. She was smiling but looked as if life had beat her with a crowbar."

Posted to Minding Our Elders (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-24-2008

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