By Angela Taylor, Director of Programs When a loved one is nearing the end of life from a disease like Lewy body dementia, emotions run strong, and confusion can overtake […]

By Angela Taylor LBDA Director of Programs My father was a retired engineer with a love of family, golf, and buddies from his Air Force squadron. I became his caregiver […]

It’s April 1, 2010, and we are sitting in the neurologist’s office waiting for the results of the flurry of tests that James (Jim) my husband had been through in […]

I’d barely begun to look over my patients’ charts after receiving the night shift report when my nurse aide said, “Pick up on line 2—daughter on the phone. Wants to […]

“She was the ideal Mom,” says Robert Doheny of his mother, Patricia. “She was loving and caring, and very vested in her family. She was always there to lend a […]

By Jane Matfin John and I met on a blind date on November 4, 1995. I had been married before and John had broken from a long term relationship; we […]

By Gary Barg I will fearlessly assess my personal strengths and weaknesses, work diligently to bolster my weaknesses and to graciously recognize my strengths. I will fearlessly make my voice […]

My Robert is dead. Lewy body dementia. Thirty-three years gone without my knowledge, or permission. People’s voices echo in my ransacked head. I smile and thank them, pushing polite, memorized […]