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Successful Elderhood, Autonomy and Driving

  Last week I was driving from my office in Littleton to my dental appointment in southeast Denver. I took a familiar route, proceeding...

The Current Conundrum of Dementia and Consensual Sexual Relations

As promised in a previous post, I’m taking another look at this topic which is certain to become more controversial as situations in long...

Why Are We So Afraid of Alzheimer’s and Other Forms of Dementia?

I thought this recent post especially telling – that Stephen King’s biggest fear is Alzheimer’s.     Many of us know the basic facts about...

Dementia, Capacity and Old Age: part I

In our death-denying and youth-glorifying culture, how does dementia figure as a disease? Is there a cause? Is there a cure?  What pills can...

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