Sadly, both his late mother and his wife Sheila were diagnosed with dementia. Tony's focus has turned to raising awareness of the condition. His poem, 'The Homecoming', is a tribute to his mother, ...

Frances Kakugawa is a firm believer that the act of caring for another human being can inspire poetry. She knows this from experience, having cared for her mother, Matsue, who was diagnosed with ...

In honor of Mother's Day, I want to share a beautiful poem by the late author Joann Snow Duncanson, whose mother had Alzheimer’s. Duncanson was a strong advocate for those with dementia ...

In Coral Bracho’s poem, translated by Forrest Gander from the Spanish, we are witnesses to the thoughts of the poet’s mother, who died from complications of Alzheimer’s. The mother vividly ...

My journey with Alzheimer’s and dementia spans more than 15 years, two generations, and countless memories that were both ...

“I wrote poems to capture the moment or to explore the moment in the relationship with my mother (during) the progression of my mother’s Alzheimer’s. … I was watching my father as a caregiver.

Sadly, both his late mother and his wife Sheila were diagnosed with dementia. Tony's focus has turned to raising awareness of the condition. His poem, 'The Homecoming', is a tribute to his mother, ...