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Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain
Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain tells the moving story of an English professor studying neurology in order to understand and come to terms with her father's death from Alzheimer's. In this blog post, Professor Cindy...
Shining A Light Into the Darkness of Dementia Through Support, Encouragement, and Hope
All caregivers have defining moments in their journey that open their minds and hearts to dementia. For me, that was experiencing the tragic story of the caregiver, Peggy. Because she was dutifully doing what she had always done, loving her husband through...
Collected Blog Series: Well-Being in the Age of COVID-19
At the beginning of the 2020 coronavirus crisis, we reached out to Johns Hopkins University Press authors – experts in fields of health and wellness – for their advice on how to weather this unprecedented storm. We happily received, read through, and published...
How to Successfully Share Coronavirus Information with an Individual with Dementia Symptoms
By Laura Wayman Whether you are a family caregiver or a professional care provider, it is important to remain adaptable with your care approach to successfully manage dementia symptoms and behaviors. A caregiver who is “dementia-aware” is one who remains open...
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...
“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...
The Importance of Conversation to End-of-Life Care in Dementia
"There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet."—William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Making decisions for another person at the end of their life is indeed a significant challenge. The challenge is even more...
On Dementia Patients and Air Travel
Raising dementia awareness can assist caregivers and airlines to meet the challenges of traveling with dementia. In light of the recent video showing a passenger on an airplane presenting dementia symptoms, and the disastrous outcome when asked to leave, I...
Five Common Myths Busted About Dementia
Why should everyone in the world raise their dementia-awareness? Across our country and around the world there is a lack of awareness, creating harmful myths surrounding dementia, thereby resulting in stigmatization, barriers to diagnosis and care, and...