This is an "is anyone else having to deal with this" question. My father, mid-90s, has become really difficult to be around. His GP says he has dementia (not sure if it's Alz -- my dad declined the opportunity to visit a specialist when we took him for a check-up 5 months ago). He's never […]

My uncle got some in a gift bag from an event he went to months ago. While visiting him in February my grandfather with bad Alzheimer’s was obsessed with them, so my uncle let him keep them. They have been a game changer for my grandpa who could never sit still. He sits at the […]

Mom's getting popular for all the worst reasons... The NPR show Here & Now has done a piece on the challenges when COVID-19 smashes into Dementia. A producer of the show found our story of Mom surviving COVID through the Stumped Town Dementia blog and interviewed me about our experience. We are just one of […]

Hey guys, I look after my old man — he’s 72, unfortunately quite ill with cancer and a brain aneurysm — and he’s proved pretty ducking resilient all included. He’s the type of person you’d call in an emergency, a good man. I’m here because his MCI has gotten worse and I would love help […]