Senior Care Reviews. For You. By You.
Dear Mom, You are the best dementia fighter I know. Dementia doesn’t define you, it’s just (a small) part of your story. Your love and determination to live life, your best life, make that so. But even the best fighter has a bad day here and there. Even Muhammad Ali lost the occasional fight …
Should Mom age in place at home or move to an assisted living community? The question was my caregiving version of the chicken or the egg. A fundamental and philosophical question forced on us by Alzheimer’s a few years ago. We didn't have a say in the matter but this much was clear: Mom needed …
Mom’s life with dementia is the ultimate team effort. Lindsay, my uncle, Mom’s friends, the wonderful staff at her assisted living community and I are all part of Mom's team--with important roles to play. Mom’s demeanor is our scoreboard. Her smiles and laughs are the trophies we play for. In …
We don't hear about it often, I don't even think about it often, but there is a bright side to caregiving. Much of the current public dialogue on caregiving is, and should be, focused on the toll that caring for a loved one takes on the carer--and how we can, as a society, better support those in …
