Caregiving The Odyssey of Becoming More Human

Caregiving is one of those relationships and practices of self-cultivation that make us, even as we experience our limits and failures, more human.....
By Bob DeMarco

The following is an excerpt from a well written, thought provoking article by Arthur Kleinman that appears in Harvard Magazine.

But, to use the close experiential language of actually doing it, caregiving is also a defining moral practice. It is a practice of empathic imagination, responsibility, witnessing, and solidarity with those in great need. It is a moral practice that makes caregivers, and at times even the care-receivers, more present and thereby fully human.

Problems with Balance, Walking and Falling Can Be an Early Sign of Dementia

Balance and walking problems often present before the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's or dementia...

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

When I first came to Delray Beach to take care of my mother, she was falling down all the time.

Once, I found her laying in the parking lot and she could not get up. She was shaking like a leaf. Another time she fell down and broke her little finger. It took us over ten hours in the emergency room that time around. She would fall and couldn't get back up.