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Torah and Dementia

Support & Insight for the Autumn of Life

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Thought of the Week: Old Love

March 4, 2025 No Comments

Young love is about wanting to be happy.Old love is about wanting someone else to be happy.

Thought of the Week: Lincoln & Life

February 17, 2025 1 Comment

And in the end,
It’s not the years in your life that count.
It’s the life in your years.
(Abraham Lincoln)

Thought of the Week: Lean into Love

February 15, 2025 No Comments

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.

The Simple Act of Caring is Heroic (by Edward Albert, actor. Courtesy HomeHelpers (R) )

Thought of the Week: Heroic

February 8, 2025 1 Comment

The simple act of caring is heroic.

Holding the hands of a person with dementia

Thought of the Week: I’m With You in This

February 1, 2025 1 Comment

There is a moral task of caregiving, And that involves just being there… (Posters)

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

Thought of the Week: Courage Is

January 27, 2025 No Comments

Courage is being afraid,But going on anyhow.

Lady's hand holding elder's hand. This is what it takes to be an Alzheimer's Caregiver.

What It Take to be an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

January 25, 2025 1 Comment

This is what it takes To be an Alzheimer’s caregiver.

Martin Luther King: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"

A Thought on Martin Luther King Day

January 16, 2025 No Comments

This week in the USA: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Alzheimer's: So many memories stolen, so many hearts broken. We need a cure!

Alzheimer’s… We need a cure.

January 9, 2025 3 Comments

Alzheimer’s… So many memories stolen, So many hearts broken… We need a cure. Share this photo to show your support.

All I want is for you to forever remember me as loving you.

Thought of the Week: Loving You

January 5, 2025 2 Comments

All I want is for youTo forever remember me as loving you. …Click for Pillow, T-shirts, Cards…

Lecturer on the question, "How do you know Alzheimer's Medications should be stopped?"

Best Time to Stop Medicine for Dementia

May 29, 2025

MEDICATION VIDEO:

How do you know when Alzheimer’s meds ought to be stopped? Explore the benefits of these medications, such as improved cognition, memory, behavior, lifespan, and the stages they are most effective.

While He Still Knows Who I Am

May 28, 2025

[Father’s Day is June 15]
MUSIC VIDEO: When dad got Alzheimer’s, I was determined he wouldn’t forget me… nor I him. This song is a grand tribute to everyone living and dealing with Alzheimer’s.

Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with the smiles, and not the tears that roll.

Thought of the Week: Count Your Life

May 28, 2025

Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall.

Count your life with the smiles, and not the tears that roll.

Most Popular Stories

85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?

Grandmother in black and white striped shirt hugging girl in black and white striped shirt

A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” By Dad with Dementia & Son

Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!

Is Alzheimer’s Catchy?

It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.