Four times a year, Iona hosts a Memory Café for individuals with memory loss and their caregivers, family members, and friends to get together in a s…
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Memory Café May 2023
May 31, 2023
Terry’s Journey as a Caregiver
February 28, 2022
Terry Baker, 72, enjoyed a long career with the Federal Emergency Management Agency helping local governments prepare for natural disasters. But no…
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Taking Care of Other People’s Parents
March 15, 2021
Alicia McCarthy is a social worker at Iona's Wellness & Arts Center. In this interview, she discusses her daily responsibilities and how she e…
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Resources and Self-Care Tips for Family Caregivers
February 20, 2021
It's been nearly one year since sheltering in place became a daily reality for individuals in the Washington, DC area. People caring for an older f…
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Memory Café: Día de los Muertos
December 4, 2020
On October 31, Iona hosted its second-ever virtual Memory Café, this time celebrating Halloween and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The…
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The love of a daughter and caregiver
November 19, 2020
In this essay for National Family Caregivers Month, Safieh Hekmat describes a day in the life of being a family caregiver for her parents during the p…
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11 purposeful activities to do at home for people with Alzheimer’s
August 5, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has been a difficult time for all of us. But for those with Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related illness, change is especiall…
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Avoid Caregiver Burnout during COVID-19
May 13, 2020
While we are all doing our part to stay home, caregivers of aging loved ones are experiencing a dramatic increase in their caregiving duties as well a…
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Technology to Stay Connected through COVID-19
April 20, 2020
With COVID-19 continuing to advance, and the order from national and local governments to stay home, many of us are not getting the same level of inte…
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10 Mental Health and Wellness Quarantine Tips
April 3, 2020
It's a new world out there—one that has many of us working from home for the first time, staying in as much as possible, and balancing many responsi…
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