by Jana Panarites | Sep 27, 2018 | Podcasts |
Writer Ann Campanella was 33 years old and hoping to become a mother when her own mother began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease. As her mother declined, Ann suffered a series of miscarriages that compounded her feelings of grief for the mother who was slipping...
by Jana Panarites | Sep 13, 2018 | Podcasts |
Self-care gets a lot of play in the media, but the truth is we’re all connected and the practice of care involves many people, especially in times of crisis. In today’s show we talk with media scholar and veteran journalist Dr. Sherri Williams about her piece for Elle...
by Jana Panarites | Aug 2, 2018 | Podcasts |
Best-selling author Marita Golden talks about her novel “The Wide Circumference of Love,” in which the real-world impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the African-American community is woven into a fictionalized story. Marita tells us how writing the novel turned her...
by Jana Panarites | Mar 1, 2018 | Podcasts |
When it comes to aging parents, working daughters often feel they have to choose between being a good employee and being a good daughter. After her father died Illinois resident Maggie McClane chose to be a good daughter: she left her job as a paralegal and moved in...
by Jana Panarites | Feb 15, 2018 | Podcasts |
Canadian author and illustrator Kathryn Harrison created her picture book “Weeds in Nana’s Garden” to help children who have family members with dementia understand and be aware of the disease. She created the book after her mother was diagnosed with Frontotemporal...