Between June/2015 and December/2016, I also had 35 articles published in the "Healthy Living" section of The Huffington Post. To read any of these 35 columns, please go to ...
https://www.huffpost.com/author/acvann-498. (Titles and publication dates of these 35 columns are at the end of this page.)
Between March, 2017 and August, 2018 I had Commentary pieces posted on the website of Annals of Long-Term Care, a publication of the American Geriatrics Society. The actual posted versions of those articles may be found under "Blog Archive" at the right side of this page. These commentaries were posted online only.
In the summer of 2017 I started posting occasional "Personal Blog" columns on this site. I have not sent any of these columns for publication elsewhere, so these blog columns may only be read on this site. I do not consider these blogs as published articles.
If you want me to respond to any comment, or have a question you would like to ask, please email me directly at acvann@optonline.net. Thanks.
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Personal blogs published only on this site:
Personal Blog #1 ... 15 Months as an Alzheimer's Widower ... 7/28/17
Personal Blog #2 ... The Truth About Alzheimer's Disease Through the Eyes of a Home Caregiver. ... 8/3/17
Personal Blog #3 ... "Living With Alzheimer's" Conference. 10/16/1
Personal Blog #4 ... Finally Moving On With the Rest of My Life ... 10/19/17
Personal Blog # 5 ... Tips For Caregivers (presentation given at the L.I. Alzheimer's Association Conference)
Personal Blog #6 ... It's Time to Move Out of My Comfort Zone ... 3/31/18.
Personal Blog #7 ... Next Steps Forward ... 6/3/18
Personal Blog #8 ... Finding Continued Happiness ... 9/12/18
Personal Blog #9 ... I've Moved On ... 12/4/18
Personal Blog #10 ... Life After Moving On ... 9/12/19
Personal Blog #11 ... Is Aducanumab an Effective treatment for Early Stage Alzheimer's? ... 11/2/19
Personal Blog #12 ... More Data on Aducanumab ... 12/10/19
Personal Blog #13 ... Dementia Patients in Hospital Emergency departments ... 1/8/20
Personal Blog #14 ... Continued Happiness ... 3/22/20
Personal Blog #15 ... Avoiding Sadness and Depression While Coping With COVID-19 ... 4/9/20
Personal Blog #16 ... COVID-19 Decision s for Caregivers With loved Ones in Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes ... 5/16/20
Personal Blog #17 ... Caregiver Emotions and COVID-19 ... 6/3/20
Personal Blog #2 ... The Truth About Alzheimer's Disease Through the Eyes of a Home Caregiver. ... 8/3/17
Personal Blog #3 ... "Living With Alzheimer's" Conference. 10/16/1
Personal Blog #4 ... Finally Moving On With the Rest of My Life ... 10/19/17
Personal Blog # 5 ... Tips For Caregivers (presentation given at the L.I. Alzheimer's Association Conference)
Personal Blog #6 ... It's Time to Move Out of My Comfort Zone ... 3/31/18.
Personal Blog #7 ... Next Steps Forward ... 6/3/18
Personal Blog #8 ... Finding Continued Happiness ... 9/12/18
Personal Blog #9 ... I've Moved On ... 12/4/18
Personal Blog #10 ... Life After Moving On ... 9/12/19
Personal Blog #11 ... Is Aducanumab an Effective treatment for Early Stage Alzheimer's? ... 11/2/19
Personal Blog #12 ... More Data on Aducanumab ... 12/10/19
Personal Blog #13 ... Dementia Patients in Hospital Emergency departments ... 1/8/20
Personal Blog #14 ... Continued Happiness ... 3/22/20
Personal Blog #15 ... Avoiding Sadness and Depression While Coping With COVID-19 ... 4/9/20
Personal Blog #16 ... COVID-19 Decision s for Caregivers With loved Ones in Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes ... 5/16/20
Personal Blog #17 ... Caregiver Emotions and COVID-19 ... 6/3/20
Personal Blog #18 ... Federal Grant Funded to Improve Care for AD/Dementia
Patients in Hospital Emergency Departments! ... 9/17/20
Personal Blog #19 ... Ten Steps to Take When the Diagnosis is Alzheimer's ... 12/18/20
Personal Blog #20 ... Research Study at Rice University, Texas ... 1/6/21
Personal Blog #21 ... Full Acceptance of an Alzheimer's Death Due to Alzheimer's ... 3/3/21
Personal Blog #22 ...Voices of Dementia Caregivers ... 3/23/21
Personal Blog #23 ... Letter to Acting FDA Commissioner re Aduhelm ... 6/11/21
Personal Blog #24 ... Personal Statement to Task Force ... 8/16/21
Personal Blog #25 ... Tips from Michael Ellenbogen ... a Person Living With Dementia and fellow member of the GEAR 2.0 Task Force ... 10/2/21
Personal Blog #26 ... Update on GEAR 2.0 Federal Grant Project re Care of Dementia Patients in Hospital Emergency Departments ... 3/22/22
Personal Blog #27 ... Articles About GEAR Program Now Avaailable to Everyone ... 8/31/22
Personal Blog #28 ... Lecanemab ... Promising New Effective AD Medication or Just Another disappointment? ... 10/4/22
Personal Blog #29 ... Medicare Quality Measures, Part I ... 11/4/22
Personal Blog #30 ... Medicare Quality Measures, Part II ... 2/11/23
Personal Blog #31 ... Donanemab, a Proposed New AD Medication ... 5/8/23
Personal Blog #32 ... New AD Medication, Leqembi (Lecanemab) Receives FDA Approval and coverage Under Medicare ... 7/6/23
Personal Blog #33 ... Concerns About AD? Be Sure to See the Right Doctor! ... 10/10/23
Personal Blog #34 ... Will 2024 Be the Year We Finally Discover the Cause(s) of Alzheimer's disease? ... 1/14/24
-----------------------------------------------------------Articles on this site that were published in caregiver magazines, medical journals, in major newspapers, and on AD caregiver websites:
Alzheimer’s and Baby Boomers. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias. September, 2010, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 477-478.
Ten Things You Should Do When the Diagnosis is Alzheimer’s. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias. March, 2011, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 93-96.
Forget the Mental Status Test -- and Learn to Listen. Journal of Family Practice. May, 2011, Vol. 60, No. 5, p. 180.
Clinical Trials … A Caregiver’s Recommendations. Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials. October, 2011, Vol. 8, p. 679.
Alzheimer’s … Our New Cancer? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. December, 2011, Vol. 59, No. 12, pp. 2396-2397.
Please Tell Alzheimer’s Patients Not to Drive. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. March, 2012, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 597-598.
Stamp the Foreheads of People with Alzheimer’s. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. August, 2012, Vol. 60, No. 8, pp. 1597-1598.
Easier Trails: Traveling with People with Dementia. care ADvantage, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. October, 2012, Fall issue, pp. 13-15.
Listen More Carefully to Alzheimer’s Caregivers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. October, 2012, Vol. 60, No. 10, p. 2000.
Traveling a difficult road with Alzheimer's. Newsday. November 24, 2012, p. A21. (Published in print on same day with different title: Our hard road together with Alzheimer’s.)
Empowering people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers -- There is still much work to be done. Dementia. April, 2013, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 155-156.
Alzheimer’s Behaviors or Coincidences? Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinsonism. May, 2013, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 111.
Current Alzheimer’s Medications: Effective Treatment Options or Expensive Bottles of Hope? Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. July, 2013, Vol. 14, No. 7, pp. 525-526.
Two Recommendations for Alzheimer’s Medication Protocols. Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials. August, 2013, Vol. 10, pp. 637-638.
Caregiver Support Groups. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. August, 2013, Vol. 61, No. 8, p. 2013.
Three Important Actions for Alzheimer's Caregivers. Annals of Long-Term Care. October, 2013, Volume 21, pp. 37-38. Also published in sister online publication, Clinical Geriatrics, October 1, 2013.
Helping Caregivers Prepare for Emergencies. Social Work Today e-Newsletter. April, 2014. Access online only.
Alzheimer's caregiving: The new normal. McKnight's Long -Term Care News/Assisted Living, May 19, 2014. Access online only.
Looking Back at the Assisted Living Placement for a Loved One With Alzheimer's. Annals of Long-Term Care, Vol. 22, No. 6, June 19, 2014. Access online only.
Secrets to satisfied family members that providers should know. McKnight's Long- Term Care News/Assisted Living July 2014 issue, published online July 16, 2014.
Bowlen, Broncos can raise awareness of Alzheimer's. The Denver Post, July 27, 2014. Published online as a guest commentary in their Opinion section.
Making New York the Center for Alzheimer's Research.
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias. September, 2014, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 489-491.
War on Alzheimer's? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. September, 2014, Vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 1819-1820.
3 Steps To Fight Alzheimer's. USAgainstAlzheimer's ... "by 2020" guest blog. October 1, 2014. Access online only.
Breaking Free From Caregiver Prison: Can Assisted Living Social Workers Help? Annals of Long -Term Care. Vol. 22, No. 10, October 7, 2014. Access online only.
Dementia units require full-time managers. McKnights Long-Term Care News/Assisted Living, November 10, 2014. Access online only.
Visiting Loved Ones with Alzheimer's in Residential Placements. Annals of Long-Term Care, Vol. 22, No. 11, November 26, 2014. Access online only.
An Alzheimer's Spouse ... Married, yet Widowed. AFA Care Quarterly, Spring, 2015, pp. 14-15.
Alzheimer's Caregivers Need Caring Too. AFA Care Quarterly, Fall 2015, pp. 8-10.
Reporting Deaths of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December, 2016, Vol. 64, No. 12, pp. 2419-2420. (Published online in advance of print publication on November 8, 2016.)
10 New Year's Wishes for Alzheimer's Caregivers. Today's Caregiver, January/February, 2017, pp. 14-15.
Free Respite Opportunities for Caregivers. Today's Caregiver, February 7, 2017. Access online only.
Cautioning Caregivers About Long-Term Care Insurance. Annals of Long-Term Care. March 1, 2017. Access online only.
Alzheimer's and the 21st Century Cares Act. Today's Caregiver, March 14, 2017. Access online only.
Inspirational Thoughts for Alzheimer's Caregivers, Widows, and Widowers. AFA Care Quarterly, Spring, 2017, pp.8-9.
Tips For Improving Caregiver Communication In ALFs and NHs. Annals of Long-Term Care, April 20, 2017. Access online only.
Is Your NH Visitation Policy in Compliance with Federal Law? Annals of Long-Term Care, May 9, 2017. Access online only.
Dementia Resident Care Transition Policies. Annals of Long-Term Care, June 20, 2017. Access online only.
Coordinating Private Aides For LTC Residents With Dementia. Annals of Long-Term Care, August 7, 2017. Access online only.
Discussing Brain Donation With Dementia Residents.
Annals of Long-Term Care, September 12, 2017. Access online only.
Treating an Alzheimer's patient? 6 Tips from a patient's spouse. The Journal of Family Practice, November, 2017, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 676-678.
Completing Death Certificates For Patients With Alzheimer's Disease. Annals of Long-Term Care, November 29, 2017. Access online only.
The Top Priority Of LTC Supervisors. Annals of Long-Term Care, February 16, 2018. Access online only.
Improving Geriatric Emergency Care for Persons With Alzheimer Disease. Annals of Long-Term Care, March/April, 2018, pp. 11-13.
Making LTC Facilities More Resident and Caregiver Friendly. Annals of Long-Term Care, April 25, 2018. Access online only.
Support Groups for Alzheimer's Widows and Widowers. Social Work Today, March 3, 2018. Access online only.
Communication Between LTC Doctors and Caregivers. Annals of long Term-Care, June 26, 2018. Access online only.
Geriatric Medicine Training For LTC Physicians. Annals of Long-Term Care, August 22, 2018. Access online only.
Surviving a Partner's Alzheimer's Disease. Social Work Today, 1/15/2020. Access online only.
When to Choose the Infant Approach. Emergency Physicians Monthly, 6/1/20. Access online only.
Reducing COVID Deaths in Assisted Living Residences and Nursing Homes. Annals of Long-Term Care, October 1, 2020. Access online only.
Alzheimer's disease deserves more funding for research. Orlando Sentinel, May 22, 2021.
NFL should do its part to raise Alzheimer's Awareness. The Buffalo News, October 16, 2021.
Alzheimer Disease Support Groups. Practical Neurology, June, 2022, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 45+. Also available to access online.
A Former AD Care Partner's Perspective on Leqembi. Social Work Today, May 8, 2024. Access online only.
Top 5 Tips Physicians Can Share with Caregivers of People with Alzheimer Disease. The Neurology Hub, July 23, 2024. Access online only.
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Published articles not found on this site:
My 35 columns published in the “Healthy Living” section of The Huffington Post are not reprinted on this website, but all may be accessed at: https://www.huffpost.com/author/acvann-498
My 35 columns published in the “Healthy Living” section of The Huffington Post are not reprinted on this website, but all may be accessed at: https://www.huffpost.com/author/acvann-498
HP1) 6/4/15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s Spouse
HP2) 6/10/15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s Spouse
... Acceptance
HP3) 6/17-15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s Spouse
... Affection and Love
HP4) 6/24/15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s Spouse
... Anger
HP5) 7/1/15 - Reflections
of an Alzheimer’s Spouse: Anxiety and Depression
HP6) 7/7/15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s Spouse:
Doubt and Guilt
HP7) 7/16/15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s Spouse:
Frustration
HP8) 7/22/15 - Reflections of an Alzheimer’s
Spouse: Loneliness, and Sadness
HP9) 7/29/15 ... Reflections of an Alzheimer’s
Spouse: Stress and Grief
HP10) 8/4/15 ... Reflections
of an Alzheimer’s Spouse: Caregiver Comments
HP11) 8/17/15 ...
Alzheimer’s and the Media ... Follow the Money
HP12) 9/1/15 ...
Alzheimer’s and the NFL
HP13) 9/15/15 ...
Alzheimer’s Caring Costs
HP14) 9/28/15 ...
Transitions for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
HP15) 10/13/15 ...
Withholding an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
HP16) 10/27/15 ...
5 Steps for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
HP17) 11/9/15 ...
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Groups
HP18) 11/23/15 ...
Alzheimer’s and Driving
HP19) 12/7/15 ...
Uneven Transitions for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
HP20) 12/21/15 ...
Alzheimer’s Patients in Hospital Emergency Rooms
HP21) 1/5/16 ...
Caring for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
HP22) 1/19/16 ... Alzheimer’s
Patients in Nursing Homes
HP23) 2/1/16 ...
Alzheimer’s Care ... Where?
HP24)
2/15/16 ... Supervision of Alzheimer’s Residents in Assisted Living
Facilities
HP25) 2/29/16 ...
Alzheimer’s Patients in Psychiatric Hospitals
HP26)
3/14/16 ... Aging in Place With Alzheimer’s in Assisted Living Residences
HP27) 3/28/16 ...
Choosing a Nursing Home for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s
HP28) 4/11/16 ... Alzheimer’s
Spouse Not Ready to Move On
HP29) 5/5/16 ...
Death Due to ... Alzheimer’s
HP30) 5/16/16 ...
Moving On After an Alzheimer’s Death
HP31) 6/13/16 ...
Alzheimer’s Medication
HP32) 7/19/16 ... Clinical
Trials for New Alzheimer’s Medication
HP33) 9/13/16 ... Bereavement
After an Alzheimer’s Death
HP34) 10/13/16 ...
Alzheimer’s and Presidential Elections
HP35) 12/23/16 ...
Starting A New Year After an Alzheimer’s Death
