How Dementia Has Impacted my Life

by Michelle Colgate The shadow of doubt in my father’s eyes, the inability to find the right word, losing his way home from the grocery store and forgetting that his wife had died: these events are quick snapshots of the impact that dementia had on my father.  Dementia’s slow creep of darkness took my father’s…

Shining a light into darkness

By Scott Yates Sometimes I feel overwhelmed as the caregiver for my wife with Alzheimer’s. With Dementia Alliance of N.C., I know I am not alone. Help surrounds me in the community. I am blessed to be able to work from home and care for my wife. When the pandemic struck, we adapted. All was…