The Caregivers Corner

  Anesthesia and Dementia; Mom Only wants Me to Help Her; After It's Over
 
  Fear of Getting Dementia; Mother not Honest with Doctor; Male Incontinence
 
  Love One Stops Medicine; Emergency Mental Health Services; Age and Driving
 
  Hope for others struggling with placement
 
  Help Through VA; End of Life Decision; A Wonderful Christmas Gift
 
  Difference Between AD and Forgetting with Age; Mother is Non-Participant in ADC; Refusing to Take Dad Home from Hospital
 
  Dementia Improvement after Shunt Procedure; Wife Refuses to Go Out;
 
  Caregiver Frozen with Fear; Help for Nighttime Behaviors; Tylenol to the Rescue
 
  Resources for Living Wills; Enjoying the Holidays
 
  Cause of Frequent Urination; Fear of Living Alone;Dining Out with AD
 
  Permission to Leave; Schedule Time for Fun; AD and Money Management
 
  Eating Out with Mom; Could It be Depression?
 
  Response to Column; Is More Testing the Answer?
 
  Small Things Mean a Lot; Health and Safety of Both Caregiver and Receiver
 
  Learned Dependence; Never Argue;
 
  Difference Between Dementia and AD? Is It Really Incontinence? What is COPD?
 
  "Bribery"? Safety at Home
 
  Summer Workshops; AD and Cravings; In-Home Assessment
 
  AD and Phone Use; Thank You; Mediation
 
  Making Peace with Dad Revisited; Partner's in Care can Help
 
  Making Peace with Dad; Is It Right to Withhold Medication?
 
  The Green House Project; Physicians who do Home Visits; Recognizing Discomfort in an AD Loved One
 
  Medication Warning; Visiting a Dementia-Impaired Person; Should Her Mother Live with Her?
 
  UTI Tip; SHIP program; Finding a Geriatrician
 
  Hospital Acquired Dementia Diagnosis; What is ARMD?
 
  Still Grieving. Is This Normal?; When Is It Time to use Long-Term Care Insurance?; Did We Do the Right Thing?
 
  Insurance Problems; Transport Chairs; What is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus?
 
  Just Say Yes!; Responding to Accusations; Rehab or Home?
 
  Bathing revisited; What is mixed dementia?
 
  Spousal isolation; Worry about parents living alone; Caregiver Workshop Series has started!
 
  Outcome of the "awakening"; Tremors and AD; Dementia and regression to childhood?
 
  Free service for medication management; Caregiver identification; Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order for the home
 
  Other causes for dementia behaviors; Using a gait belt for safety
 
  Professionals to the Rescue; Incontinence Problem; Is Liquid Supplemental Food Okay?
 
  Classes for Understanding Dementia? Tub Solutions; Setting Limits
 
  Tidbits from Caregivers; Medication Problems; Thankless Loved One
 
  Incontinence and Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver tip to reduce stress; Bathing a dementia loved one
 
  Caregiver wants to be nurtured, too; Worried about mother's depression
 
  Seventh Level of Alzheimer's Diseaese; Mental Health Resources; Parkinson's Disease Resources
 
  Caregiver depression; Dementia and procedural memory
 
  Elderly Aunt has behavior problems; Assisted Living Facility and colostomy care
 
  Caregiver rights in nursing homes; Caregiver actions speak louder than words; When are we officially old?
 
  How to get mother to see a psychiatrist; Cancer resources for caregivers; Help from the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)
 
  Thank you from caregiver; Wife asks how to tell others husband has dementia; Should ninety-something mother have extensive testing?
 
  Books for children about Dementia; Treatment dilemma; What to do with love one's belongings
 
  Never do laundry on garbage day; Multiple Sclerosis Resources; Alzheimer's disease and agnosia
 
  Sister in caregiving predicament; Family dilemma over grandparents in Assisted Living;
 
  Discharge planner's pet peeve; Response from reader
 
  Finding the right physician; Husband gives wife ultimatum;
 
  Mother wants to stay in home town;Advocating for a love one in a nursing home; Information about Lewy Body Dementia
 
  Acceptance does not mean giving up; Summer safety for an older adult
 
  Responding to a demanding parent; Help for caregiver guilt
 
  Caregiver shares humor; Finding the right care facility
 
  Helping a friend with Alzheimer's disease; A high energy father with Alzheimer's disease; Help with grieving
 
  Lab Test; Healthy Grieving; Help for Elder Abuse
 
  Stress relief; Letting go; Website for people with Frontal Lobe Dementia (FTD)
 
  B-12 urine test more reliable than blood test; Reverse psychology works on mother; Hiding money to get Medicaid approval is illegal
 
  Crisis Response System to the rescue; Reader deals effectively with father's hoarding behavior
 
  Managing hoarding behaviors