Dear Miriam, I am a daughter-in-law who is taking care of my husband’s mother. She has dementia and lives with us. I’m her 24/7 caregiver; my husband works incredibly long hours and is rarely home to help. I am completely overwhelmed and exhausted as I […]

Dear Miriam, My cousin is 75 years old and has frontotemporal dementia. She never had children, and does not have a significant other, so I am her closest relative. She was living in a nursing home in Los Angeles, about half an hour away from […]

Dear Miriam,

I take care of my mother who has dementia. She was always a little eccentric, but in the last few years, it became clear that something was wrong. She refused to go to the doctor, and she doesn’t have an official diagnosis. I’ve […]

Dear Miriam, My partner and I have been together for 38 years, and he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s six years ago. When we were younger, we made sure to get everything done legally and in writing, so that if anything happened to one of us, […]

Dear Miriam, I live with and care for my grandmother, who seems like she has been having cognitive issues this past year. She is 79, and I’m 24. My father (her son) and mother moved to Florida recently, and my aunts and uncles are not […]

Dear Miriam, I am an only child, and my parents live in another state. My mother, who is 85, has dementia and is getting more confused by the day. When I talk to her on the phone, I don’t think she always knows who I […]