Ask Miriam – September 2020
Dear Miriam,
I have been taking care of my grandmother (my father’s mother) for the past 10 years. I have always been very close to her and now she has Alzheimer’s.. She’s 87 years old and getting more frail as the dementia progresses. I also have […]
Ask Miriam – August 2020
Dear Miriam,
My mother is taking care of my father, who has had dementia for the last six years. They live three miles away and I visit them several times a week and do all the shopping. They have been good about staying home during the […]
Ask Miriam – July 2020
Dear Miriam,
I have been caring for my father at home for the last three months during the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s been hard on both of us to not have his regular caregiver coming in. But I was furloughed from my full-time job, so I have […]
Ask Miriam – June 2020
Dear Miriam,
I have been taking care of my wife, who has dementia, for the last five years. She used to go to an adult day care four days a week, but now, with the coronavirus, the center is closed, and she and I are home […]
Ask Miriam – May 2020
Dear Miriam,
I am so worried about my mother-in-law. She has dementia and lived with my husband and me for a long time before moving to a nearby nursing home. We haven’t been able to visit for almost two months. Not seeing her has been hard […]
Ask Miriam – April 2020
Dear Miriam,
I am 74 years old and my husband is 80. He has had dementia for three years, and used to go to an adult day program three days a week until the center closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, the two of us […]