Dear Miriam, My dad, who was diagnosed with dementia three years ago, recently moved into a nursing home. He had been hospitalized due to a fall that fractured his hip, and the hospital said that he would need to go to the nursing home for […]

Dear Miriam, My parents live in the back house on our property, and I live in the front house with my husband and two school-age children. A few years ago, my father, who is now 82, started getting confused and would wander away from the […]

Dear Miriam,

My mom has Alzheimer’s disease and was living with me up until a few months ago. It broke my heart, but I couldn’t care for her any longer. With my own health issues, it was just too overwhelming. She was incontinent and couldn’t […]

Dear Miriam,

I’m an only child and both my parents have dementia. My father took care of my mother until he, too, was diagnosed early this year. Once I realized they could not live independently any longer, I retired a little early and moved in […]

Dear Miriam,

I am one of four children, and I am caring for my mother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease three years ago. She needs help with bathing and dressing, but she still knows who we are and is mostly in good spirits. That […]

Dear Miriam,

My mother-in-law, who is 79, lives in our home with my wife, our three teenage children, and me. She was recently diagnosed with dementia, and we are having a hard time. She moved in with us a year ago after her husband passed […]