Palliative Care And Living Well With Alzheimer’s
I speak a lot about palliative care and how it relates to families facing a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and am consistently shocked at the misconceptions that continue to exist. Many people think that palliative care is the focus in the last few weeks of...
Windward Foundation Extends Support to Alzheimer’s Association with $30,000 Grant.
The Windward Foundation announced a $30,000 grant to the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter, extending its support for care consultation services and caregiver information, education, and support delivered throughout the Chapter territory. In...
Improving Hope for Alzheimer’s
More than two decades passed between my grandmother and my dad’s diagnosis, and many more people were speaking of dementia and Alzheimer’s publicly. We knew what the disease meant for both my dad and for our family, but we didn’t know what services...
Being an Alzheimer’s Caregiver is Hard
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s is hard–that is one thing I believe we can all agree on. I can’t sugar coat it. Caring for my Dad through his disease was a beat down on the entire family.
