Pastore. As a caregiver for someone who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease or memory loss maintaining hygiene becomes extremely difficult! However, solutions can be found to aid the caregiver as well as to maintain the dignity of the person suffering.

Pastore. This post is in reaction to the three months my brother Bobby was hospitalized until his death. It is full of rage, hurt and desperation and deals with the insanity of thoughts that come during a period of extreme stress and pain especially as a caregiver.

Pastore. Black absent eyes and other signs that someone who suffers from Alzheimer’s is about to have a mood swing. Understanding some of the signs is fundamental in lessing their impacts.

Conoscere Elda

Elda gets depressed when she's tired and gets nervous when she's full of energy; she always thinks there is a problem; someone is sick or anything that makes you sad. It is important for us to console her, to help her overcome these moments, so that she never feels alone.

Pastore. The power of love crosses all bounds and touches the heart. Not only did Elda know the exact date of her husbands death she knew her son Bobby was very ill and wanting to die. She felt all his emotions and pain as well as her own and communicated them all to me.

Pastore. The power of love crosses all bounds and touches the heart. Elda knows every year the exact date of her husbands death. Even though she might not remember why, she feels the loss of her husband.

Mascia: We are fragile beings; we all have a beginning and an end. Unfortunately, many have an end too close to the beginning. Goodness and generosity lie in the opportunities that life offers you, if you can realize and grasp them.

Pastore: This blog deals with the exhaustion and emotions the days after sleepless nights

Pastore: Exercise and excess engergy. How movement keeps those suffering with memory loss in shape both mentally and physically

Pastore: Caretaker rage and anger, how to cope with stress and exhaustion.