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A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease By Paulette Bochnig Sharkey “Grandma’s brain is forgetting how to remember,” Mom explained. I’m a writer and a pianist. About 15 years ago, around the time I retired from my job as a university reference librarian, I read that musical memories are held in a part [...]
The Lost Kitchen: Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimer’s Caregiver By Miriam Green Reflections from Israel I live in Beer Sheva, Israel, in the Negev Desert, a small city of about 220,000. My immediate community consists mostly of other English speakers. I am always proud to say that we practice Abraham’s Hospitality here, inviting into [...]
Hilda’s Story: New Bedford, Massachusetts (Before Today: Reminiscing & Connecting) By Siobhan McDonald “When I was a little girl I had two ducks named Alex and Cleo” A dozen tentatively hopeful faces looked at me as I began my story. It was at a Memory Care facility in Massachusetts. I had just packed up from [...]
Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents By Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW Why I felt the Need to Write About My Experiences as a Caregiver My chosen career was medical social work/patient advocacy. I have done both for 40 years. My experience was primarily in hospitals, working with people who had [...]
Somebody Stole My Iron: A Family Memoir of Dementia By Vicki Tapia Caregiving 101 Other than professionals, how many of us set out in life to become caregivers? Whether caregiver to our partner or a parent(s), I doubt many of us strive toward that as a life goal. My parents had lived a long and [...]
Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter’s Caregiving Journal By Sue Anne W. Kirkham How It All began It was late October when my husband, Jack, and I showed up at my father and stepmother’s townhouse to walk their two dogs—a duty we’d taken on several months earlier, after they announced they no longer felt up to the [...]
Books and Reading Programs for Older Adults Reviving Minds and Voices There are many dementia-related products on the market today; many of which are very appropriate for Memory Cafe participants. They range from medication organizers, to physical safety products and everything in between. In many cases, the benefits come to both those living with dementia along with [...]
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