5th Annual Gathering for People with Early Stage Memory Disorders Lonnie Nemiroff Early Stage Center Social Worker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 5th Annual Gathering for People with Early Stage Memory Disorders marked my first day on the job as an Early Stage Center Social Worker. It was an exciting and memorable start to my career with CaringKind, and a unique opportunity to begin getting to know staff and, most importantly, the Center’ [...]

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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. Click [...]

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Dear Readers, The explicit message of our recent and very successful subway ad campaign funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Health was, “It’s never too early or too late to ask for Alzheimer’s support.” The implicit message is that the timing of when to reach out for help is highly personal, both for the person who is diagnosed and his or her family. Some go into action immediately, seeking help, looking for resources and information, and creating a plan. Others are not so [...]

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Dear Friends,You’re on your way home from work when your wife calls and asks you to stop at the corner grocery store to pick up some milk. You oblige. The store owner, who’s known you for years, looks puzzled. He confides that your wife has been in the store three times today—for milk. Your father has Alzheimer’s. He no longer recognizes you. He’s increasingly paranoid. When he speaks, he makes no sense. He can’t get around. You feel lost and alone. No matter where you are on your caregiving j [...]

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