Dear Miriam, My sister lives in another state and her husband is her main caregiver. We’ve all been very close, but two years ago she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and it’s been getting hard for him lately. She is fine most of the day; however, […]

Dear Miriam,

My dad lives alone and is 92 years old. Believe it or not, he still drives although not very far. Just recently I went with him to the doctor’s office, and I was shocked when the doctor said that he has dementia and […]

Dear Miriam,

My father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He is 79 years old and lives on his own in the house he and my mother lived in for their entire marriage. She died two years ago, and I am worried about him living […]

Dear Miriam,

My husband has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s along with various other chronic conditions such as extreme hearing loss and hemiparesis (weakness on one side of his body) from stroke. Since moving to assisted living, we are doing better. No more falls. More routine […]

Dear Miriam, I’m 59 years old and recently moved my mother into a nursing home. She has had Alzheimer’s disease for almost five years, and although I did the best I could to take care of her, I realized that it was no longer safe […]

Dear Miriam, I am 61 years old and take care of my older sister, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia a year ago. She never married or had any children. Growing up, it was just the two of us with Mom and Dad, who are […]