Ask Miriam – February 2021
Dear Miriam,
I take care of my husband who has had dementia for the last couple of years, and recently he has been getting more confused and frail. I have three grandchildren that I take care of three days a week, so that their mother can […]
Ask Miriam – January 2021
Dear Miriam,
My wife is 65 years old and is in the final stages of Young Onset Alzheimer’s disease. She is currently bedbound and on hospice, which provides a nursing assistant several times a week for bathing and personal care. She seems to be comfortable, although […]
Ask Miriam – December 2020
Dear Miriam,
My grandfather has Alzheimer’s disease and lives in Michigan, while I live here in California with my partner. My grandparents raised my three sisters and me and we always fly home to be with them for the holidays. With the pandemic, I know that […]
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 […]