Lisa Gwyther

Caring.com Expert

About: Lisa P. Gwyther, author of The Alzheimer's Action Plan, is a social worker with 38 years of experience in providing services to the aging and those with Alzheimer's. For 23 years, she's been the education director of the Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She is also an associate professor in the Duke University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is the current president of the Gerontological Society of America.

Sunday September 28, 2008
1. My mom won't admit to having memory problems. How can I handle this?
  Answer - Your mother illustrates the complexity of age-related conditions and risks.? It's not just her forgetting, but it's also her vision affecting her phone use.? I bet it frustrates her, you ,and her callers. But her phone is too important a connection for her to give up, especially if she lives alone...
2. How can I deal with changing eating habits?
  Answer - It can be difficult when eating habits change in a senior, especially if they have Alzheimer's
Monday July 07, 2008
1. How do we deal with two conflicting opinions about an Alzheimer's diagnosis?
  Answer - One doctor says dementia; one says Alzheimer's, so who's right?
2. My 88 year old father is uncharacteristically making accussions of my mother. What could be wrong?
  Answer - Making false accusations is a delusion and may be a sign of cognitive impairment that requires careful handing.
Thursday May 29, 2008
1. How can I get my mother to go for another Alzheimer's evaluation?
  Answer - How to get a reluctant person to have an Alzheimer's evaluation.