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Practice for Developing Alzheimer’s: Part I-Embracing Senior Moments

Stan Goldberg
November 18, 2019
Aging, Alzheimer’s/dementia
6 Comments
best rated beverage refrigeratorsWhy should you practice living with an illness as dreadful as Alzheimer’s? Because, according to NIH statistics, one-in-ten people over 65 will develop this most common form of dementia, and by 85-years-of-age, one-third of us will be struck.
how to select a nursing home

14 Questions to Ask Before Selecting a Nursing Home

Stan Goldberg
February 3, 2017
Caregiving
12 Comments
by Stan Goldberg. Originally published by verywell.com, January 23, 2016 There may come a time when, despite wanting to care for your loved one, it...
How to end depression

Depression? Four Simple “Non-Therapy” Strategies to Reduce It

Stan Goldberg
March 28, 2016
Aging, Alzheimer’s/dementia, Cancer, Caregiving, Chronic illness, End of Life, Grieving and Recovery, Life
4 Comments
There are more things that can cause depression as we age. I can’t run as fast or as far as I did ten years ago, my weight only fluctuates upward,...
improvisation and dementia

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Part III: How to Speak Dementia-Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 6, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
Who would think there is anything humorous about Dementia? Most people who experience it or their caregivers wouldn't. But humor and improvisation...
older couple cooking

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Part II): 5 Strategies for Recreating the Rules for Living. Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 4, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
3 Comments
In part one of this weekly series, I discussed some myths and facts about Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. I stressed the most alarming...
Woman with Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Part I): What It Is and What It Isn’t. Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 2, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
8 Comments
Alzheimer's: it's becoming a less distant illness and something directly touching us. If a friend or relative doesn't have it or had it, it's just a...
aging and death

Aging and a Shrinking World

Stan Goldberg
November 20, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
When friends die death comes closer to us
Robin's Williams and suicide

Not Drawing Conclusions: Robin William’s Suicide

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Chronic illness, Thoughts of the Day
1 Comment
suicide often involves facts we don't understand
Caregiver

A Dementia Model for Health Care

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
11/10/14  In the Netherlands a village for people living with dementia was structured based on their needs and limitations. The result was a safe...

When You Really Screw Up

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
06/27/14   Last night I went to an intimate dinner-concert to hear my favorite shakuhachi player. When I sat next to a couple I bubbled over with...
Does personality or illness contribute to caregiver abuse?

When a Friend Wants to Talk About Something Uncomfortable

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Chronic illness, Thoughts of the Day
06/09/14  A friend I know for more than 20 years asked to speak with me about a life-threatening illness. He didn’t want medical advise. He was...

Aging: In Praise of Adaptation

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
06/09/14   As I age and read books on how I can recreate the body I had when I was 20 by just buying a jar of this newly developed elixer that...

Aging and Identity Part II-When the Ground Shakes

Stan Goldberg
April 15, 2014
Aging
9 Comments
In 2009 I wrote, When the Ground Shakes, an article in which I described finding my mother coming out of a forested area holding a bunch of sticks...
being contented as one ages

Aging and Identity: Part I-The Perfect Storm

Stan Goldberg
March 12, 2014
Aging
11 Comments
In 2010, I wrote Top 10 Insults for Old People, a tongue-in-cheek article about an insensitive young couple I watched making fun of an older man as...

End of Life: Terminal Sedation and Politically Correct Words

Stan Goldberg
November 13, 2013
End of Life
6 Comments
In 2011 I wrote Shoot Me Please: The Right to Die, where I described my reactions to a patient who asked me to help him die. I recently received a...

The Pope, Aging, and Me

Stan Goldberg
February 19, 2013
Aging
12 Comments
My Catholic friends are apprehensive about Pope Benedict’s resignation. Who will be the new Pope? Will he pull the church more to the right or...

Why “Truth” is Always Relative: A Lesson on Understanding

Stan Goldberg
November 28, 2012
Aging, Grieving and Recovery, Life
16 Comments
We move in a world created by our history and often pretend the past and present aren’t connected. A partner becomes annoyed at what we do or say,...
Stability in chronic and progressive illnesses

Alzheimer’s: Awareness Isn’t Enough

Stan Goldberg
March 22, 2012
Alzheimer’s/dementia
14 Comments
“If we just could increase awareness,” some of my friends with Alzheimer’s say, “funding would rise and the illness could be eventually...

I’m Different: Illness-based Identity

Stan Goldberg
February 15, 2012
Chronic illness
24 Comments
How we view ourselves—our identity—is based on what we do, the roles we play, activities we enjoy, affiliations we have, the values that...
Destructive Thoughts

Of Course You Remember

Stan Goldberg
July 7, 2011
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Poems
27 Comments
Of course you remember she says. It was your sixtieth, and we came from across the country to express our love. I don’t remember, I say. But...
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