I don't think I really accepted my power as a woman until I realized that no was a complete sentence. When I stopped making excuses for saying it and began creating boundaries in my life, I knew real power.

Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder consumes its victims.

I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mothers condition.

If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer.

Like an actor who transforms into the character that they're playing, you can transform into yourself.

Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes.

I think that, in our culture, we find older people to be almost invisible, and it's such a shame. The one thing, the one condition that we all suffer from, and that we all benefit from, is ageing. It starts at zero and we're all going in the same direction, and I always try to see the young person underneath the older person and that's all of us. We all feel the same way inside, and I think that there are so many ways for us to age well and to help our senior population get to the golden years with more dignity more independent and more enjoyment.