Memory Walk… Stocking the Pond
When I was a young boy in Iowa my dad used to take us fishing in nearby farm ponds. We...
Ask for help from adult children
Can you teach an old dog new tricks? I am about to test that hypothesis. I don’t blog, text or...
The money management challenge
We sometimes kid ourselves into thinking our loved one, isn’t really that sick; early stage is early, right? I know...
Shooting the Hooch
In May, John and I decided to take a trip to Atlanta to see our grandchildren. I gave the four boys ages 18-12 years, the choice to pick one big thing for all of us to do together. After much discussion, they decided on an inner tube trip down the Chattahoochee River, lovingly called “Shooting the Hooch.”
Our New Reality: Alzheimer’s
After weathering the storm of the initial diagnosis, John and I have begun to straighten up our house – literally and figuratively.
Think It Over: The research road is rough, but we’ll get there
Cancer, heart disease and AIDS receive 10 to 15 times the Federal funding of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s no coincidence that deaths from all of these conditions declined over the last five years while deaths from Alzheimer’s rose. Research investments have paid off in these areas and it can in Alzheimer’s disease.
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