MARQUETTE — Persons living with Alzheimer’s and dementia are prone to wandering, which often puts them at risk. As temperatures continue to drop across Michigan this winter, those risks increase exponentially. Six in 10 people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia will wander, ...
EDEN, Utah — Mary Spencer was 19 years old when she dropped out of college. Now, over 61 years later, the 80-year-old has earned her bachelor’s degree. In a virtual Brigham Young University-Idaho commencement held earlier this month, Spencer was awarded a Bachelor of Science in marriage ...
As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam’s Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking shelves clean of toilet paper and canned goods. Native American seniors couldn’t move fast enough, and Harvey saw their faces fall when they reached empty shelves. The Navajo woman ...
HELENA, Mont. — Even during normal years, many senior citizens face a constant struggle with loneliness and isolation. And both issues have been exacerbated in the time of COVID-19. With social isolation now being encouraged and in some cases required to help prevent the spread of the ...
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — In 1958, two graduates of tiny Danville High School, west of Indianapolis, walked out into the world and into the ephemeral mists of time, space and circumstance. It was 62 years before Don and Peggy, seniors in the Danville Class of ‘58, saw each other again. But when they did, they were already in love. After graduation in ‘58, Peggy and Don scattered to the winds. Peggy fell in love, moved to North Carolina then California where she divorced, remarried and eventually found herself in Arizona caring for a husband eight years her senior and in failing ...
Special to the Journal MARQUETTE — As COVID-19 continues to spike in Michigan leaving residents more isolated and distressed, the Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapter is hosting a special luminary lighting on the longest night of the year — the winter solstice — to honor all those impacted by Alzheimer’s and dementia. The Winter Solstice Virtual Luminary Lighting event takes place at 6-6:30 p.m. Monday on Zoom. “The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all of us, especially those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia and their caregivers,” said Shenise ...
