by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Jun 20, 2022 | News
Click here to download a PDF copy of our newsletter. How to help your family/friends in each stage of their dementia journey We Need A “hEARt” By: Debbie Keay Prior to diagnosis, my relationships began to change. I have always been prepared to lend a...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 9, 2022 | News
Living with Alzheimer’s By: Pastor Doug Schweyer On January 20, 2020, I was diagnosed by a doctor as having the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Right away the doctor insisted on taking my driver’s license away. She said I had the right to protest by...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
By: Debbie Keay My diagnosis of young-onset Alzheimer’s did not come as a shock. What caught me off guard was the emotional rollercoaster that I endured over the course of the next 18 months. Even though I was a Social Worker and thought I had all the answers, my...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
By: Phyllis Fehr People often ask: What is the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe numerous neuro-cognitive diseases. You may hear people say that they don’t have dementia, they have Alzheimer’s disease,...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
By: Joyce Schweyer Our family kept asking, what’s with dad? He shuffles his feet, walks very slow and bent over . . . what’s going on? This was my wake-up call to face the fact that in the last 6 months or more, changes were happening with Doug. I thought: It’s time...
