This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and ...

A group called Big Flats Defenders is demanding action on a former industrial site it believes may be contaminated.

You will find tall trees, horses, cows and homes with steep wooden staircases where persons living with dementia go up and down unassisted. Steep wooden stairs! Is it safe? No locked doors, what ...

My father was in Vietnam in 1968 and was an active combatant during the Battle of Khe Sanh, an exceptionally traumatic battle ...

Iowan Dawn Brenniman Wirtz couldn't find a book to help validate all the emotions she was going through caregiving for her mom. So she wrote one.

My father-in-law lives several hours away from us. He has mid-stage dementia; he is a "sundowner" - as the day progresses, he increasingly forgets where he is and how he got there (he is in his home ...

Despite his recent introduction to the surfing world, Charlie has progressed through competitions and shown that he is a force to be reckoned with.

My mother, Iris, is here because she is in the last stages of Alzheimer’s. My sisters and I trade off seeing her as much as ...