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June 1, 2020May 28, 2020

Helpful Steps Following a Dementia Diagnosis

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

Receiving a dementia diagnosis is devastating, both to the person diagnosed and to those around them. Any negative health diagnosis can leave a person wondering what to do next. ... Read more

May 18, 2020May 14, 2020

Visiting a Loved One with Dementia Requires a Delicate Balance

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

Something as simple as an overnight visitor or a dinner guest can send a person with Alzheimer’s disease into a bit of a tailspin. The person ringing the doorbell ... Read more

May 11, 2020May 7, 2020

Maintaining Brain Health Is Important for Future Cognitive Function

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

During the coronavirus pandemic, many people have posted on social media about their focus on good health via exercise. Turn on the news, and invariably at least one story ... Read more

April 27, 2020April 23, 2020

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Often Fear Contracting the Disease

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

A wise man once said, “No one by worrying can add one inch to their height.” Constantly worrying about acquiring an admittedly horrible disease may be useless, but it ... Read more

April 20, 2020April 16, 2020

Anticipating Summer Solstice in Support of Alzheimer’s Funding

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

It helps to have something on the back burner, something to anticipate in the days, weeks, and months ahead. We need something on which to place our concentration, other ... Read more

April 13, 2020April 9, 2020

Let’s Celebrate Togetherness While Flattening the Curve

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” –King Solomon This COVID-19 journey has become a long one. Did any of us have an idea it would go ... Read more

April 6, 2020April 2, 2020

More Telemedicine Is a Good Thing

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

Turning our attention away from the all-intrusive pandemic (at least from the primary topics surrounding COVID-19), it’s good to take a minute from the turmoil of the virus to ... Read more

March 30, 2020March 26, 2020

Carrying On, with Empathy

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” — Anonymous If you’re like a lot of people, the COVID-19 pandemic is the first thing that comes to mind when you awaken, ... Read more

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020

Caregivers Are Battling on All Fronts to Shield Loved Ones from Pandemic

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

Caregivers are the first line of defense between their loved ones and, well, everything. Like everyone on the planet, our brains are steeped with thoughts of the coronavirus. It’s ... Read more

March 13, 2020March 11, 2020

How Caregivers Can Protect Their Loved Ones from Coronavirus

Columns, Treading Dark Waters - a Column by Ray Burow

Caregivers are on the front line in the fight against the new coronavirus. We aren’t facing it down the same way as medical professionals and researchers are, but we ... Read more