by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Feb 9, 2021
Join us via Zoom for an informal conversation about the challenges of caring for a loved one in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. We “meet” monthly on the 4th Monday from 12:30pm – 2:00pm. This group is...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 1, 2016 | Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregiver Support, Sentinel Articles
A loved one is experiencing changes in his/her behavior, thinking skills, and/or general emotional state. Family members may initially attribute these changes to the onset of dementia. However, there is a separate and distinct condition, with symptoms similar to...
by Keystone Elder Law | Jan 15, 2013 | Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregiver Support, Sentinel Articles
This could be considered an existential question, but if you have been reading our articles regularly, you know we are committed to helping older people, not philosophical questions. In today’s column I am particularly concerned with how family care givers of older...
by Keystone Elder Law | Jan 8, 2013 | Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregiver Support, Sentinel Articles
In the early 1970s, I was working in a retirement home and observed the following: one of the residents slowly walked up to the nurses’ station and asked a question, something like, “What day is today?” The staff person answered and the resident turned around and...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Dec 25, 2012 | Alzheimer's and Dementia, Estate Planning, Sentinel Articles
Tis the season to be jolly! Festive decorations, gatherings of family and friends, and sharing of lavish feasts and sweet treats brighten our spirits. Today, some of us celebrate the birth of Jesus in the Little Town of Bethlehem as we sing “The hopes and fears of all...
