by Robert Bowles, Jr., DAA Leadership Board Reprinted from http://lbdlivingbeyonddiagnosis.com/my-blog/lessons-to-learn-with-dementia Sometimes doom and gloom are preached about dementia.  Often I hear people say there is no hope after their diagnosis of dementia.  That is likely a fairly normal response.  Our world has been turned upside down.  Do we stay in that mindset or do we seek to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.  My decision was to follow a process of learning and finding purpose after my diagnosis of Lewy body […]

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“Every man is worth just as much as the value of the things he’s set his heart upon.” Marcus Aurelius Alexander “Sandy” Halperin, DDS,  retired dentist, author, entrepreneur, public servant, and person living with dementia has, for the past three years, been featured in CNN segments presented by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Sandy has chosen to not allow dementia to define him. Indeed, his love of life, family, and advocacy for others living with dementia, along with his positive outlook, determination, […]

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by Sheila, a mother living with early-onset Alzheimer’s dementia After my father passed away in ’99, I went into a depression. Coincidentally, at about the same time, I started getting Alzheimer’s symptoms. My daughter, Dominique, says it was like I was going into a daze. In addition to my other symptoms, I found myself having these episodes where I would just start crying out of the blue and I would have to shut myself away where people couldn’t see me. […]

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You see me , and yet you don’t know me? You hear me, and yet you ignore me? You talk about me, and yet, don`t talk too me? You laugh at me, yet i am not Funny? You Pity me, and yet know nothing about me? You whisper about me, and yet i can hear you! You dress me, and yet never ask me? You feed me, and yet i dont feel hungry, You wake me, and yet i am […]

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