by Ava Butler | Aug 25, 2021 | Caregiving, Dementia, Grieving
Tom Coughlin was the two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach of the New York Giants and is the founder of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, which provides support for families tackling pediatric cancer. He wrote a guest essay for The New York Times today and shares...
by Ava Butler | May 18, 2021 | Caregiving, Dementia, Depression, Grieving, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's
Nora McInerny’s 15 minute Ted Talk highlights that we don’t move on from grief, we move forward with it. To me, this is an important observation and really resonates with me. Nora also has a podcast ‘Terrible, Thanks for Asking.’ NOTE: You...
by Ava Butler | Jan 18, 2021 | Breathing, Caregiving, Dementia, Grieving, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's
Even four years after my husband’s passing, I still have trouble breathing. I still find myself holding my breath in an attempt to suppress the pain. This article is helpful and I will take its advice....
by Ava Butler | Jan 3, 2021 | Caregiving, Covid-19, Depression, Grief, Grieving
Grief is a response to a change we didn’t want. We grieve when a loved one has a disease like Parkinson’s or dementia and is declining with no hope of recovery. And we’re grieving over the losses we are experiencing from Covid-19 and the world that...
by Ava Butler | Nov 29, 2020 | Caregiving, Dementia, Depression, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's, Support groups
This is a difficult time of year for me. It’s the 4th year I have spent the holidays as a widow. I don’t like that job title. Not at all. It’s a time of year I need to be proactive to manage my emotions. David Kessler is the grief specialist and...
