For patients and families
Family guidance for life with MS, Parkinson’s, or Alzheimer’s.
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MS guide
Grief after an MS diagnosis
A diagnosis can bring grief without a funeral, and each person in a family may be mourning something different.
Read the guide →Alzheimer's guide
Talking with someone who has dementia
The same conversation three times today is not defiance. A few shifts in how you talk can lower the frustration for both of you.
Read the guide →Parkinson's guide
Caregiver burnout: when the helper needs help
Caring for someone you love can be exhausting. Notice what is getting heavy, share the load, and protect some time that is yours.
Read the guide →MS guide
Anger after an MS diagnosis
Anger can fill a household after diagnosis. You can make room for it without turning it on one another.
Read the guide →Alzheimer's guide
When your parent has Alzheimer's
For the adult child watching a parent fade in installments: your grief is real, and you don't have to earn rest.
Read the guide →Parkinson's guide
Talking about Parkinson's as a family
Parkinson's is often visible before it's explained. A calm first conversation puts words to what everyone can already see.
Read the guide →All guides, by condition
MS
15 guides
- Anger after an MS diagnosis
- Asking for help without feeling like a burden
- Caregiver burnout: when the helper needs help
- Grief after an MS diagnosis
- Handling unsolicited advice: “Have you tried…”
- Helping from far away
- Keeping your marriage a marriage
- Organizing your family’s care system
- Surviving holidays and family gatherings
- When your family doesn’t believe you’re sick
- Dating with MS: when to tell
- For parents of a newly diagnosed adult child
- Parenting with MS on hard days
- Talking about MS as a family
- When your parent has MS
Parkinson's
16 guides
- Anger after a Parkinson's diagnosis
- Asking for help without feeling like a burden
- Caregiver burnout: when the helper needs help
- Grief after a Parkinson's diagnosis
- Handling unsolicited advice: “Have you tried…”
- Helping from far away
- Keeping your marriage a marriage
- Organizing your family’s care system
- Surviving holidays and family gatherings
- When your family doesn’t believe you’re sick
- Dating with Parkinson's: when to tell
- Parenting with Parkinson's on hard days
- Planning around on and off days
- Talking about Parkinson's as a family
- The night shift: when Parkinson's doesn't sleep
- When your parent has Parkinson's
Alzheimer's
17 guides
- Anger after an Alzheimer's diagnosis
- Asking for help without feeling like a burden
- Caregiver burnout: when the helper needs help
- Grief after an Alzheimer's diagnosis
- Handling unsolicited advice: “Have you tried…”
- Helping from far away
- Keeping your marriage a marriage
- Organizing your family’s care system
- Surviving holidays and family gatherings
- When your family doesn’t believe you’re sick
- Deciding on memory care as a family
- Talking about Alzheimer's as a family
- Talking with someone who has dementia
- The long goodbye: grieving someone who's still here
- When safety and independence collide
- When they don't remember you
- When your parent has Alzheimer's
About us
The appointment ends. Family life keeps going.
InWithYou is for the part of a difficult diagnosis that happens after the appointment: at the dinner table, in the family group chat, and in plans that change at the last minute.
Our guides focus on changing roles, care logistics, hard conversations, grief, anger, relationships, and uncertain futures — the family side of a diagnosis, not the medical side. We write for people living with the condition and everyone living alongside them.
Take what helps, leave what does not, and borrow the words when you need them. If the words will not come, start with ours.
For questions about diagnosis or treatment, please talk with a qualified health professional who knows your situation.