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WSU Receives Grant from Alzheimer’s Association

Hi everyone, This is a press release that I received today and wanted to share.  It is centered around those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment AND their caregivers. WSU Awarded Alzheimer’s Association Grant to Test New Intervention Source Contacts: Maureen...

7 Easy Ways to Help Family Caregivers

Caregivers have a difficult time accepting help.  I know this; I’ve lived it.  I’m not sure if it’s because accepting help would mean that we are less than the PERFECT caregiver or if it’s that we don’t want to place our problems on...

My Experiences With “Sundowning”

What happens to a parent or partner or someone you are caring for when, all of a sudden, as the season changes from summer to fall, then fall to winter, they seem to get agitated and angry at a certain time of the day?    I found that as the seasons changed, and the...

Meet Maryellen – Part 3

It was clear that during these last 18 months, when my mother needed more time than even my very understanding job could allow, I took a sabbatical from work and became her caregiver, full time, 24/7.   For the last year and a half I did everything with and for her. ...