We live in an ageing society. People the world over are living longer. They are in better health, are more visible, more active, and more independent than ever before. But as the aged population grows, so does the problem of…

Alzheimer’s has been described as an enduring form of living bereavement. The caregiver can only watch as the personality and intellect of their loved one disintegrates. At first Joseph Yard’s family attributed his occasional forgetfulness to ageing. After all, it’s…

Trinidadian by birth, Kathleen Bibiana Drayton, nee McCracken, moved to Barbados with her family in the 1970s to make this island her home. And what a gift that decision would become to the people of Barbados. For many, their first…