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What happens when the person you love is still here–but no longer themselves? When dementia changes memory, identity and behavior, caring can become far more than anyone ever imagined. It is not only forgetfulness or repetition. It can be fear, paranoia, wandering, agitation, aggression, sleepless nights, personality changes, confusion and sudden crises that leave families overwhelmed and alone. These behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are often lived privately, hidden behind closed doors, and rarely spoken about honestly.

Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate Meryl Comer’s Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a...

Dear stranger, I don’t know much about you, but I do know how you feel. You are feeling lost, lonely and misunderstood. You are tired of pain and suffering. Depression, anxiety and negativity chase you. You don’t know where to find hope and how to heal yourself. Trust me, I have been there myself, and I know it’s not easy. So, I am sending these 30 letters and poems to you, to let you know that you are not alone and that you are understood. You are still cared for. Please listen to one of these letters every day, and I promise you, together we will get through this.

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched...

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched...

Saved by a Stranger is an honest, down-to-earth, informative book inspiring hope, perseverance, and triumph for those who are facing the need for a new organ. Through great storytelling, the author helps patients and caregivers feel empowered as they face the challenges of the unknown.

As the Baby Boom generation ages, growing numbers of people are impacted by dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders. By the year 2020, 53 million people in the US are expected to be over the age of 65. Accompanying the rise in the older population, the number of people in the US diagnosed with AD is expected to exceed 15 million by 2050, out of a total of 80 million worldwide. Writing with wit and compassion, Dr. Camp aims to help his audience better understand how the disease affects memory, and how memory loss may affect behavior.

Dinah Roseberry, author and editor for the prominent company Schiffer Publishing in Pennsylvania, is a strange one. Fighting stage four breast cancer since 2012 and still in remission, she's taken the strange in her life to manage and thrive during a most horrendous journey. Using her paranormal and mind/body/training, she has found some techniques to make things a bit smoother along the way, and now she steps up to the plate to share those methods with you.