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Alzheimer's And Dementia Weekly

Support & Insight for the Autumn of Life

Weekly Quotes

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that this heart is huge. You discover how much warmth & gentleness is there.

Thought of the Week: This Heart is Huge

March 10, 2025 No Comments

Photo of elder couple in love, with quote: "Young love is about wanting to be happy. Old love is about wanting someone else to be happy." By Mary Phipher & Alzheimer's Weekly

Thought of the Week: Old Love

March 4, 2025 No Comments

Young love is about wanting to be happy.Old love is about wanting someone else to be happy. Alzheimer’s Quotes on Shirts, Ribbons and Cards

The lincoln Memorial: "And in the end, It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." (Abraham Lincoln)

Thought of the Week: Lincoln & Life

February 17, 2025 1 Comment

And in the end,
It’s not the years in your life that count.
It’s the life in your years.
(Abraham Lincoln)

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible. (Tia Walker, Author)

Thought of the Week: Lean into Love

February 15, 2025 No Comments

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.

The Simple Act of Caring is Heroic (by Edward Albert, actor. Courtesy HomeHelpers (R) )

Thought of the Week: Heroic

February 8, 2025 1 Comment

The simple act of caring is heroic.

Holding the hands of a person with dementia

Thought of the Week: I’m With You in This

February 1, 2025 1 Comment

There is a moral task of caregiving, And that involves just being there… (Posters)

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

Thought of the Week: Courage Is

January 27, 2025 No Comments

Courage is being afraid,But going on anyhow.

Lady's hand holding elder's hand. This is what it takes to be an Alzheimer's Caregiver.

What It Take to be an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

January 25, 2025 1 Comment

This is what it takes To be an Alzheimer’s caregiver.

Martin Luther King: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"

A Thought on Martin Luther King Day

January 16, 2025 No Comments

This week in the USA: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Alzheimer's: So many memories stolen, so many hearts broken. We need a cure!

Alzheimer’s… We need a cure.

January 9, 2025 3 Comments

Alzheimer’s… So many memories stolen, So many hearts broken… We need a cure. Share this photo to show your support.

SPARK: What Happened to Robin Williams’ Brain?

September 10, 2025

TRAILER: Robin Williams and his battle with Lewy Body Dementia.

Don't Walk Away (A Care Partner's Journey) by Marilyn Raichle

Don’t Walk Away from Alzheimer’s

September 10, 2025

There is a choice we make when a loved one gets Alzheimer’s. Walk away, or don’t walk away. Marilyn’s Mom told her to walk away. Marilyn chose not to. She’s glad she didn’t. Share her journey.

Anyone can give up, It’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together When everyone else would understand If you fell apart, That’s true strength.

Thought of the Week: True Strength

September 10, 2025

Anyone can give up,
It’s the easiest thing in the world to do.
But to hold it together
When everyone else would understand
If you fell apart,
That’s true strength.

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