by Christy Turner | Oct 28, 2017 | Quality of Life
“J. Costello” Much to my surprise, I routinely get emails asking me for favors from random people I’ve never met. Not Nigerian princes tragically unable to claim their fortune without my banking info, exactly. No, I get requests like, “You should run my...
by Christy Turner | Oct 3, 2017 | Quality of Life
Is This A Good Idea? Is yoga good for dementia? I’d never given it any thought until recently. I was cleaning up my inbox when I came across a two month-old email from Margaret Manning, founder of Sixty+Me.com (where I’m a guest blogger). Tangled in a spam...
by Christy Turner | Sep 9, 2017 | Quality of Life
My little brother and his best friend set the backyard on fire one fine summer day. After the fire department had come and gone and it was certain John and Matt were okay, everyone had the same question: Why? Why did you do it? (Later iterations included, “What were...
by Christy Turner | Sep 2, 2017 | Quality of Life
Use It or Lose It Having a great day is a whole lot easier when you know how to pull it off, right? If you entered the giveaway last week, you got the email mini-course on engagement. (If you missed it, you can still sign up for the mini-course, even if you don’t want...
by Christy Turner | Aug 12, 2017 | Quality of Life
How to have a great day with your loved one living with dementia can seem as elusive as a unicorn, if you’re not sure what’s preventing a great day from happening in the first place. Blaming the dementia itself is always a temptation, and in some cases...
by Christy Turner | Jul 23, 2017 | Quality of Life
From Trainwreck To… Optimizing quality of life is a struggle when you aren’t sure if it’s even possible. The general public (i.e., people who don’t have any personal experiences with people living with dementia) often think it’s a...