Dr Rayne Stroebel

So I was asked this morning by the radio interviewer – “what is the one thing we can do to help a loved one at… Read More »The theory of Presence

I often hear comments like “She is no longer the mother we knew”. Siblings saying “We do not visit her any longer because she doesn’t… Read More »She is no longer our Mother

Something else I hear often is that people living with dementia become “aggressive” as if it is a “normal part of the illness”. People living… Read More »Distressed Reactions

Becoming the caregiver of a spouse or a parent is not what most people have signed up for, interestingly enough. The fact that none of… Read More »Caring for someone living with dementia

I was in my mid-twenties when I worked as a Caregiver for Sandy Little in London. Sandy was in his late seventies and living with… Read More »Sandy Little

I received the most beautiful email response to my musings on dementia yesterday from one of my employees. (I am really touched by all the… Read More »Musings on Dementia

Someone recently made the comment that it must be harder for the family of a person living with dementia to witness the progression than it… Read More »Consciousness Is Never Affected

“Adopting a sole identity as our care-giver highlights our illness and strips both of us of other identities, we have become care-giver and sufferer, in… Read More »On Caregiving

Yesterday I got a phone call from a Zimbabwean man who works in a wine cellar in Rawsonville. His parents live in Zimbabwe, about 90… Read More »Poverty and Hardship

Yesterday I was asked about a person living with dementia who scratches himself until his skin bleeds. “Is this normal for people living with dementia?”… Read More »The Need for Stimulation