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Love and Dementia

To love what is: The caregiving life.

Memory

The Death of Scott

Alix Kates Shulman on October 24, 2014

Exactly ten years after his traumatic brain injury that left him with zero short-term memory, and six years after I began this blog, my dear husband, Scott York, aged 85, died peacefully at home.

Exactly ten years after his traumatic brain injury that left him with zero short-term memory, and six years after I began this blog, my dear husband, Scott York, aged 85, died peacefully at home.

Cognition

The Kitchen Fire

Alix Kates Shulman on July 8, 2013

Improved cognition can sometimes bring dire consequences.

Improved cognition can sometimes bring dire consequences.

Dementia

A Dementia Group Visits MoMA

Alix Kates Shulman on February 23, 2013

Museums are running highly successful programs for people with dementia.

Museums are running highly successful programs for people with dementia.

Dementia

How to Use Your Brain in Perpetuity

Alix Kates Shulman on March 20, 2012

As I learned the hard way 8 years ago, when my husband began the downward spiral of dementia after suffering a traumatic brain injury, doctors are loath to admit they know little about what causes dementia and nothing about how to prevent, treat, or cure it.

As I learned the hard way 8 years ago, when my husband began the downward spiral of dementia after suffering a traumatic brain injury, doctors are loath to admit they know little about what causes dementia and nothing about how to prevent, treat, or cure it.