They’re he-ere! I can’t quite believe it. All the planning and agonizing has finally come to fruition. My parents are now officially my...

Mom stormed away from me only once today. We were on the city streets and I was taking her to the optometrist so that they could replace...

In the middle of my short vacation with my family I suddenly remembered that I’d been writing a letter for my dad in Hebrew to explain...

What an adventure we had today! Mom and I took a walk down town and ended up in a curio shop that we’d passed before but never entered. I...

What must it seem like to outsiders—that foul mouth, the anger, the obstinacy? Yes, it’s embarrassing to hear Mom lash out verbally at...

I’m reading Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders by Mary Pipher.* It is a phenomenal book filled with her...

I am constantly surprised by what a foul mouth Mom has developed. This sweet-natured woman who taught me to watch my manners and never...

I think we should amend the idiom based on Psalm 8 to read, “Out of the mouth of babes—and Alzheimer’s sufferers—comes wisdom.” With Mom...

There are boxes stacked neatly in my parents’ apartment, evidence that they are truly going through with their move in two months to Beer...

If you are an Alzheimer’s researcher and you want to focus on how a person’s brain might be affected over time by specific behaviors, you...

A few years ago, my dad painted a portrait of Mom that, though well executed, troubled me for the expression he chose to apply to her...

First the sickening sound of the impact, then the jolt as our heads snapped forward and back. Then Mom’s hysterical wailing. It took me a...

Have you ever sat with someone who took their time eating, relishing every bite, savoring every forkful? It gave me pause in the rush of...

I truly would rather laugh at Mom’s shenanigans than, well, cry or pull out my hair. So, when she returned from the bathroom and handed...

Let’s get this straight. I do not want your pity. I don’t want you to commiserate on how difficult it must be, this Alzheimer’s, this...

A dear friend posted a video on my Facebook page of a woman with Alzheimer’s describing the disease and how it affects her. Imagine, she...

My wonderful Auntie Barbara is visiting from England. She is full of laughter and the promise of adventure. It means, though, that Mom is...

To paraphrase a quote attributed to Ben Franklin, nothing is certain except death and moving. These past two weeks have been emotionally...

We did it! We succeeded in persuading Mom to let us cut off her rings. This may seem like a small thing, but the thought and effort we...

Mom has been having strange hallucinations of late. Each afternoon at about 5:00 p.m., she insists she must go out to work or to meet a...