More Young People Impacted by Alzheimer’s Than Those Who Live With It Part II | Karen Lankford, PhD, and Dierich M. Kaiser, MD

People often refer to those caring for a spouse or parent with dementia as heroic, but not everyone is cut out to be that kind of hero. Like they say in the military: If this kind of courage was easy, they would not give out medals for it.

More Young People Impacted by Alzheimer’s Than Those Who Live With It Part I | Karen Lankford, PhD, and Dierich M. Kaiser, MD

Realistically, the number of people living with Alzheimer’s Disease is going to dramatically increase over the next decade or so as the Baby Boomer generation ages into the high-risk category. This means many more families will be coping with the stresses of care giving and making difficult decisions about nursing homes or other care options.

Grief Lies | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University

In this time when once again COVID-19 deaths are rising, the toll from yet another hurricane and wildfires are just being tallied, and the bodies of 13 American servicemen and women were just returned from Afghanistan, I would like to offer these words about grief: grief lies to you.