Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Your husband sits at the kitchen table, thumbing through an old golf magazine for the umpteenth time. It’s about noon. You’ve prepared a nice, little lunch for him — just his favorite soup and sandwich. He looks it over, but 20 minutes later the soup is cold […]

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Before I met my life partner/care partner, Brian LeBlanc, he lived alone. He had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and the sleep disturbances were already growing more frequent and severe. He was scared. It wasn’t just difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. At times, vivid dreams […]

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) The hymns are unfamiliar. The scripture is being read from an unfamiliar translation. The pastor’s sermon is long and hard to follow.  This can be a jarring experience for many people. For those with dementia it can add to a sense of isolation they may already feel. […]

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) It’s 11:30 at night. You wake to get a glass of water. As you walk down the hallway, you sneak a peek into your sister’s bedroom. Quick, little checks when you get the chance have set your mind at ease since her Alzheimer’s diagnosis a few years […]