When You are Looking for a Memory Assessment By Hillel Grossman, M.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone over a certain age has had the experience of running into a former coworker and not remembering her name; of dashing into the kitchen during halftime and not being able to recall why you are in the kitchen. What do these experiences represent? Normal aging? Emerging dementia? Early Alzheimer’s disease? Does it matter how old I am? If I [...]

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CaringKind closed out 2016 with media coverage in one of the largest, most widely read news outlets in the country. USA Today featured two incredible articles written by Lou-Ellen Barkan on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving in a special “Fighting Alzheimer’s” supplement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One article discussed the role of caring in the absence of a cure, while the other provided common sense tips on how to ease the emotional, p [...]

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A Year of Transition, A Year of Service By Matt Kudish, Senior Vice President of Caregiver Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For over 30 years, CaringKind has been New York City’s central address for Alzheimer’s and dementia care and support. And this has never been truer than it is now, following our disaffiliation from the national Alzheimer’s Association in December 2015.No one knows New York better than New Yorkers. By returning to o [...]

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Richard S. Isaacson, M.D., serves as Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program, and Director of the Neurology Residency Training Program at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Isaacson specializes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk reduction and treatment, mild cognitive impairment due to AD and pre-clinical AD. His research focuses on nutrition and the implementation of dietary and lifestyle interventions for AD management. This [...]

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By Stephanie Aragon, Director of Helpline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "My mother died recently and I was her caregiver during the six years that she had Alzheimer’s disease. I phoned the Helpline many times over the years to ask for assistance. Now that I am no longer an active caregiver I plan to make a donation specifying that the money go to the Helpline so that other caregivers can benefit the way I have. How will my contribution be use [...]

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