Ask Miriam – November 2020
Dear Miriam,
My husband and I have been married for almost 50 years. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with dementia and I feel like I have been losing him slowly. Now, with the coronavirus, we are almost always at home together but he doesn’t want […]
Ask Miriam – October 2020
Dear Miriam,
My father, who has Alzheimer’s disease, came to live with my family and me six months ago, right before the COVID-19 shutdown. My husband works outside the house during the day, but I am home and working part-time. Our kids are grown and only […]
Ask Miriam – September 2020
Dear Miriam,
I have been taking care of my grandmother (my father’s mother) for the past 10 years. I have always been very close to her and now she has Alzheimer’s.. She’s 87 years old and getting more frail as the dementia progresses. I also have […]
Ask Miriam – August 2020
Dear Miriam,
My mother is taking care of my father, who has had dementia for the last six years. They live three miles away and I visit them several times a week and do all the shopping. They have been good about staying home during the […]
Ask Miriam – July 2020
Dear Miriam,
I have been caring for my father at home for the last three months during the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s been hard on both of us to not have his regular caregiver coming in. But I was furloughed from my full-time job, so I have […]
Ask Miriam – June 2020
Dear Miriam,
I have been taking care of my wife, who has dementia, for the last five years. She used to go to an adult day care four days a week, but now, with the coronavirus, the center is closed, and she and I are home […]