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Life-Care Planning to Avoid Sibling Rivalry in Elder Care
Care partnering isn’t easy. But from an outsider’s perspective elder care seems so simple, right? You love the person deeply and would do anything for them. But there are so many factors that can hamper the caregiving process as your loved one ages – in good health and bad. One factor that people tend to […]
Art & Creativity: Add Some Color to the Aging Process
By Maureen Rulison Life is full of color, if you just take the time to appreciate it. What does a colorful life – a life worth living – look like to you? Is it living longer? Living healthier? Having fun? Well, we all strive for that, but experience tells us that achieving it can sometimes […]
Joy of Dementia: The Path to a Life Worth Living
By Brian LeBlanc Today we’re doing a little happy dance because we’re talking about the joy of dementia. Yup, you read us right (and you can hear us right on this very topic in our latest podcast). Maureen and I have been on this joy of dementia kick since returning from the Pioneering a New […]
Living With Dementia (and Gratitude)
By Brian LeBlanc In a world that can be so unfair, so dramatically cruel, so unforgiving, it’s hard to stay in a positive mindset. Even if that’s literally what you do every day – try to channel the happy, the humor, the spice of life. In the back of your mind, there’s always something … […]
Expressing Gratitude Because I’m Cancer Free!
By Brian LeBlanc I’ve been in the room for “the talk” a lot. No, not that “talk.” The other talk. The scary talk. Lots of different types of scary talks, actually. You know the talk I’m talking about. You know, when the doctor comes in the room in his white lab coat, looks down at […]
#WeAreDementiaStrong: We’re Presenting at the Pioneer Network Conference!
By Brian LeBlanc #WeAreDementiaStrong is heading back to the Pioneering a New Culture of Aging Conference, July 27-30 in beautiful Denver! I couldn’t be more excited after a couple years off (due to that nasty Covid stuff) to laugh with old friends and continue important conversations around dementia – living with dementia, care-partnering with dementia […]