by Michele Darwin | Jul 30, 2020 | Blog
Before my Dad died, I had only one encounter with the concept of palliative care. My beautiful friend’s 18-year-old daughter was battling a recurrence of Ewing’s sarcoma, a relentless bone cancer, and the prognosis was not good. I vividly remember getting...
by Michele Darwin | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog
Caring for someone you love with dementia is one of the most important and selfless jobs you will ever have. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 16 million people provide unpaid care for a person with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. In the early...
by Michele Darwin | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog
A good friend of mine decided to move his Mom to a memory care facility days before the shelter at home orders began. It was gut-wrenching for him and their entire family. He had made promises to his Mom that he would visit daily and participate in activities, and...
by Michele Darwin | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog
When I think back on the Alzheimer’s journey of my family, the one thing that always comes to mind is the stress around placing my Dad into a memory care facility. While many families choose to have their loved one age in place (with in-home care), many families...
by Michele Darwin | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog
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...
