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Dementia Care and Communication during the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Rachael Wonderlin, MS Special thanks to Michelle Tristani from Benchmark Senior Living Communicating with people living with dementia is never an easy task: for many families, it’s the hardest thing they do on a regular basis. Concerned with how to answer...
Possible Implications of the Novel Coronavirus for Mood Disorders
By Merry Noel Miller, M.D. Feelings of anxiety, despair, and even suicidal thoughts may increase during the current pandemic. These feelings are especially likely to develop among those who are more vulnerable due to a mood disorder. Some will feel new...
Helping Older Individuals Manage Anxiety and Depression during the COVID-19 Crisis
By Mark D. Miller, M.D., and Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D. Let’s first define “older” as those at least age 60. This segment of the population is on track to soon become 22% of the whole. It is a heterogeneous group comprised of a reasonably healthy, mobile...
Coping with Behavioral Addictions During COVID-19
By Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH Although much has been written about stay-at-home orders and people with substance addiction, little if anything has been said about how the shelter-in-place affects the approximately 10-15% of Americans (i.e. upwards of 48 million...
How Will International Travel Change After the Coronavirus Pandemic?
By Charles E. Davis, M.D. St. Augustine famously observed that the world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page. But how many pages will we read after the devastation of the Coronavirus crisis? Will fear, the struggling global economy, and...
“Dementia-Aware” Support for Family and Professional Caregivers Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Laura Wayman Whether you are a family caregiver caring for a loved one, or a professional caregiver caring for many, I am sure you will agree that dementia care brings with it a myriad of challenges that can change and shift daily even in the best of...
Books to Escape With
Responsible global citizens are following news about the latest in COVID-19 developments in their communities and around the world, listening to experts, and taking precautions to keep themselves and their communities safe, so many of us are finding ourselves...
Books for Understanding COVID-19
When a new disease emerges, one of the public’s biggest enemies can be misinformation. While everyone is encouraged to keep up to date with the latest progress of the 2019 novel coronavirus, the cause of the disease COVID-19, it is important to fully...
