Whole Care Network

Lauren Dykovitz became a caregiver for her mother who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s when she was in her twenties. In the beginning, she says, she had a difficult time coping with her mom’s disease and felt she had nowhere to turn for advice and support. As a younger caregiver, it was difficult to find anyone who could relate to what she was going through. To help herself understand and process her dementia journey she started sharing her story on a Facebook page, then on a blog, both called Life, Love, and Alzheimer’s, and finally in a book, titled Learning to Weather the Storm: A Story of Life, Love, and Alzheimer's. Her goal was not only to share her story and the lessons she’s learned but to let others know they are not alone. In many ways, the blog serves as her online journal. She finds it therapeutic to write down her thoughts and feelings as she navigates her way through life with this horrific disease and the aftermath of her mother’s death. The name of the blog says it all: She tells st