When Cognitive Decline Changes Your Marriage
There are marriage problems, and then there are circumstances that change the very nature of a marriage. A stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, or another condition that causes cognitive decline can do that. The person you married is still there, but memory, judgment, communication, personality, behavior, or physical…
When “In Sickness and in Health” Gets Real: Caring for a Sick Spouse
When you stood at the altar and promised to love each other “in sickness and in health,” I’m guessing neither of you spent much time imagining the sickness part. Why would you? There was a wedding to enjoy. A life to build. Maybe children to raise, careers to pursue, vacations…