November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to raise awareness about the role of family caregivers and recognize their support and selflessness. Many people with essential tremor are supported by a loving caregiver who assists them with daily tasks and provides emotional support as well. Sabrina Pilarski is a caregiver for her husband, Tom, […]
(From the February/March 2025 issue of Brain & Life Magazine) Tracy Cram Perkins understands the toll of caregiving. For more than 16 years, she looked after her parents, an uncle, and an aunt—all battling different forms of dementia. Her mother experienced postoperative cognitive decline following anesthesia, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, an aunt had vascular […]
January 2025 – The International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) is boosting its support for young people with essential tremor (ET). At its recent meeting, the IETF Board of Directors approved a four-fold increase in financial assistance through its Catherine Rice Scholarship Program.
This article was originally published on Brain & Life by Paul Wynn. Most caregiving is still done by women, but the number of male caregivers—and support systems for them—is growing. Jim and Kathy Lane were married in September 1990 when both were in their early thirties. Six months later, Kathy was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). […]
By Chuck Wolfe My name is Charles Wolfe and I have been married to my lovely wife Barbara for 56 years. We started dating four years before we got married. Barbara is exactly one year younger than me. I like to say Barbara was G-d’s gift to the world to me when she was born […]
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to raise awareness about the role of family caregivers and recognize their support and selflessness. Many people with essential tremor are supported by a loving caregiver who assists them with daily tasks and provides emotional support as well. Lorena Rogers is a caregiver for her husband, Donald. […]
By George W. Paulson, M.D. Few people have written about whether or not ET is actually “benign.” As you know, ET has carried that adjective for years, but is a tremor truly benign when one ceases to go to restaurants because of embarrassment? Is it benign when you have to explain to colleagues at an […]
By James Keolker,Certified Master Meditation Teacher I am a retired professor standing in front of my class of some 75 seniors at a senior education center. And until recently, I have tried to hide the fact that I have essential tremor in both my hands. I can’t put my hands in my pocket as I […]
Information courtesy of the Medicare Plans Resource Center Many of us find signing up for health insurance to be needlessly complicated, confusing, and stressful. Unfortunately, when it comes to signing up for Medicare while considering a specific healthcare issue such as essential tremor (ET), things aren’t much simpler. Medicare is a health insurance program provided […]
By Dave Sevart, caregiver Forty plus years ago, my then fiancée, Rita, asked if it bothered me that sometimes her hands were shaky. I said, “No,” as I figured that was going to be the “in sickness and in health” part of our wedding vows. Forty years later, the marriage vows should have included “ET […]