Alzheimer’s Login to the Field“I can ask all my questions… go there and get anything I want.” Mum. Familiar? Yes! But can you do this without the use of an electronic device? My mother could when she had late-stage Alzheimer’s. We login to the world - wide - web to ask our questions and get our answers using electronic devices. My mother logged in to…

Fear of Death?Are you afraid of dying? If you are afraid of dying you are afraid of really living.Most people are afraid of dying yet most people with late-stage Alzheimer’s are not. What is the difference? You might assume it is because, having suffered for many years from a protracted terminal illness, which Alzheimer’s is, people just want to die to get away from it…

Alzheimer’s - 10 Things You Need to Know‘I know my thoughts are clear, I’m confused when I can’t remember.’ Pat (my mum)My mother had Alzheimer’s and when she started to tellme things that I found curious and interesting I decided to record our conversations. Fortunately, she retained her faculty of speech, albeit limited towards the end, and we continued our exploration together for three and a…

The Dreaded QuestionShould we put Mum into a care home?Despite good care in the community and some additional private care at home, after a couple of years things with Mum were becoming unmanageable. The crunch came when on more than one occasion I found the gas hob turned on and not lit. Dad, whose sense of smell was not good, was just about to light…

Life’s Challenges & Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s - a nightmare, a gift or both? When I tell you that I have written two books, The Gift of Alzheimer’s, and The Little Book of Alzheimer's Revelations, I imagine you might be thinking, “What! I don’t know quite how to take this.” And, as I sense you are thinking this, I am feeling challenged. I understand your disbelief as I imagine…

 ‘If only I had known…’This is what a tearful woman said to me after a talk I gave about my book, The Gift of Alzheimer’s. (My book is about the journey I took with my mother when she had Alzheimer’s.) Like most people, the woman’s experience of her mother’s Alzheimer’s had been anything but a gift. But as she listened to what I was saying…