Dear Readers, Last night as my son laid down to go to sleep, I covered him with a mohair blanket that my Nana made at least 50 years ago. I said he was being watched over by the memory and skill of his great-grandmother. When he woke up this morning, he said that he had…
Tag: Brain in a Jar
Colombian Alzheimer’s Families Travel to Arizona/The Linen Project Commences
Dear Us, Some of the heirs to their Colombian families’ rare mutation of the Alzheimer’s gene recently traveled to the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix for neuro-imaging——-the first step in brand new clinical trials for more promising treatments in the war against this insidious disease. Channel Four News of England tells the story in this…
Happy Anniversary Dad!
One year ago today, I was with my father in Juniper Memory Care when this article appeared in the New York Times. Here’s our story: Alzheimer’s disease had been on his radar ever since his own father died of it. Witnessing the catastrophic deterioration of a man who had been sharp enough to work for…