Several  months ago, I wrote a blog post about Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree who, in the face of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, has lent his voice to raise awareness about the illness and the need for a cure.

I met Charles Ogletree in the fall of 1978 on the steps o...

Death Cleaning. The Swedish word for it is, DoStadning ("Do” is death,“Stadning” is cleaning). And it is the title of a popular new book by Margareta Magnusson called, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. The idea is to de-clutter your life so your death isn't a b...

Daily I am reminded of how we are never too old to learn. Here I am doing this documentary — ostensibly to share information about Alzheimer’s, dementia and caregiving. And yet every day, I am the one getting the education: learning something new, reevaluating that whi...