I got my hug! My dad, my daughter and I were given permission to celebrate Mom’s birthday with her up close and personal! We donned...

I finally saw Mom this week. It was such a pleasure to see her happy and smiling. She talked a mile a minute for about twenty minutes....

Now that my dad is over his cold, we’ve scheduled a visit at week’s end for him to see Mom. She continues to have periods of extreme...

I had a wonderful visit with Mom today. I really did. She was awake and enlivened. She asked who I was when she first saw me then...

What an auspicious day! It’s my birthday! And we finally get to see Mom again, albeit with masks and social distancing. Our family...

The funny thing about talking to someone with Alzheimer’s is that you never know where the conversation will end up. My husband Jeff and...

We lost a friend to cancer this week. She was my mother’s age. I visited her a few hours before she died, and it was clear that she had...

My mom seemed sluggish today during our visit: eyes half closed, a slurring of words. “I used to love you,” she said, part of her almost...

We were sitting together, the four of us, our core family: my brother Simon visiting from California, my parents, and me. It gave me the...

When my dad is away, as he is this week, I try to visit my mom each day, even if only for a short while, so that I can verify with my own...

Recently, I’ve been struggling with the notion of time. How do I divide my time when my loved one is in an institution? Is there any...

The holiday of Passover starts this week. But Alzheimer's sufferers will not recognize that Friday night will be different from all other...

I finally saw Mom today after three days of being sick. I had stayed away because I didn’t want her to catch my cold. I think of her as...

It happened unexpectedly, a feeling I did not anticipate, a depression as I walked away from Mom’s residence. For the first time in a...

My dad is on vacation. He is, as I write, in California with my brother Simon. I am so proud of him for taking this opportunity to live...

It’s taken me a good while to figure out and accept that my best visits with Mom are fleeting—short, intense half-hour “dates” that allow...

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato Music truly animates...

When my dad was away in September, in my naiveté, I thought it would be easy to drive Mom and myself and her caregiver Sahlee to my home...

Early warnings of Mom’s Alzheimer’s were present long before she was diagnosed. There were always strange incidents where Mom seemed...

Sometimes, life can be so simple. When Mom and Daddy came to visit me this week, it was all about being together. All my errands,...