Thursday Thirteen – 13 Blogs About Alzheimer’s
January 15, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
THURSDAY THIRTEEN
In Writing Your Alzheimer’s Thoughts, I talked about times when I found it difficult to write about crises in my life, even though I’m a writer by profession. However, I did mention, “Writing and sharing your experiences often helps others to cope and realize they’re not alone.”
So when I was over the emotion and challenges of that occasion I wrote newspaper and magazine articles, a book, and now blogs to share and to encourage others. Many caregivers do this and maintain blogs where they share.
Here are 13 I’ve discovered:
- Alzheimer’s Team by Krista
- Alzheimer’s Speaks by Lori
- Alzheimer Cafe (in French)
- SandwichINK by Kaye (for the “Sandwich” generation caregiver)
- Knitting Doc, The Diary of a Psychiatrist with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) by David Thomas, MD
- Our Journey Through Alzheimer’s by Latane Barton
- A Caregiver’s Journal by Valerie
- Elder Care Cafe by Edie Dykeman
- Know It Alz by Kathy
- Witnessing Alzheimer’s by Esther
- Minding Our Elders by Carol Bradley Bursack
- Seniors Support by Marijke Durning
- The Tangled Neuron
Thanks for listing these. Very helpful.
Thanks for the link M.E. – I’m going to check out the others too.
Marijke
Thank you, Esther, for stopping by Alzheimer’s Notes. I’ve enjoyed visiting your blog, Witnessing Alzheimer’s, and find you have helpful information and encouragement for those involved in caregiving. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, Marijke, for stopping by Alzheimer’s Notes, too. You’re providing great information at Seniors Support for those in this age group and their caregivers/families.
Mary Emma,
Writing about our experience helps us, and hopefully helps others as well. I didn’t get into blogging until I became a caregiver to my father, and the blog you sited was started to share my thoughts and feelings. Thanks for putting the list together – I will check out the other sites. And thanks for including Elder Care Cafe.
I’m a blogging caregiver for my Mom and a quilter too.
Here’s another Alzheimer’s blog:
http://ajourneywithalzheimers.blogspot.com/
Thank you, Jeanne, for stopping by and leaving the information about another Alzheimer’s blog. I’m sure caregivers will find it helpful.
Thank you for sharing these other sites. I took care of my Mom for 10 years before she passed. My Mom had 3 other siblings. Three of the four were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s as was there mother and at least one aunt. I am trying to keep up with all the new resources and research on Alzheimer’s that is now available.
It has been two years since she passed. It has taken me along time as I dealt with the grief and intensity of her journey. Recently I learned about blogging. What an amazing tool! I wish I had known of it when I was caring for Mom. The community aspect of it would have been such a blessing, so many times I felt so isolated and alone.
Thanks again for sharing.
Ruth
http://www.bridgingmemories.blogspot.com/
I have been taking care of my boyfriends mom for a little over a year. It has been such a learning experience. She also has many siblings and a couple of them were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s too. I haven’t been able to do much research because of getting things settled for her and my Dad who has COPD, so I am wondering is this common to run in the family? I wonder if my boyfriend should be worried?
We’d like to add our blog tips and experiences about rural life with Alzheimer’s
at
hazidaze@blogspot.com
Thank you for your very helpful site.
I follow almost all the blogs. They are great. So much love , info and care going on. Sometimes they make you cry and sometimes they make you laugh. But they are always a good read.