Episode 126: Life After Caregiving

After ten years of caring for three different family members who died four months apart, Andrea McMillan woke up to the realization that she was no longer responsible for the well-being of anyone but herself and her healthy daughter.  On today’s show, Andrea talks...

Episode 112: Tony And Elia – The Sequel

When we spoke with fine artist Tony Luciani in 2016, his then 93-year-old mother Elia, who has dementia, had recently moved in with him.  Tony had just produced his book, “Mamma: In The Meantime,” a collection of photographs he’d taken of his mother, and while he...

Episode 102: Leaving Tinkertown

Growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico writer Tanya Ward Goodman was joined at the hip with her father Ross Ward, a nationally known carnival artist and creator of the whimsical Tinkertown Museum.  Years later, when Ross was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s...

The A-Word

What exactly is Alzheimer’s disease and how does it differ from other forms of dementia?  Do medications used to treat Alzheimer’s really work?  Dr. Constantine G. Lyketsos joins us from Johns Hopkins University to explain it all in terms everyone can understand.  An...

Episode 46: The Star Thrower

Jamaica-born attorney Andrea McMillan began her caregiving journey on the morning of her brother’s birthday, when the actions of a distracted driver upended her family’s life. In today’s episode Andrea tells us what happened on that fateful morning, and she shares...