A Family's Journey Through Dementia
A Trip We Didn't See Coming and Didn't Want to Take, But Here We Are….
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Connie’s decline has become more deep and more rapid and I am running out of things to say. I hope what we’ve shared has helped you if you are on Continue Reading →
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With mounting expenses from Connie’s memory care, knowing where we stand is critical. If you don’t have a plan, here’s some guidance…. I FINISHED MY budget, or as I prefer to Continue Reading →
A thinning out, Thanksgiving supper and a visitor…. VIGNETTES… Things have thinned out in Connie’s memory care unit. We have had a couple of deaths, on top of some previous deaths. Continue Reading →
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A friend and I with spouses in care both imploded recently – different times, different circumstances but we ended up in the same place – with friends. A FRIEND TEXTED me Continue Reading →
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Things Have Changed…. OUR ROUTINE HAS changed. Once upon a time, when I left Connie’s memory care unit each night, I’d hug her, tell her I loved her and leave. Now, Continue Reading →
A local man did everything right, but ended up with his father suffering in a sub-par facility. THERE WAS A story in the local newspaper this morning about a man filing Continue Reading →
I ORDERED A new car. And yes, it does have something to do with Connie’s dementia, as well as my own social conscience. I have a perfectly good car – a Continue Reading →
NOTE: I have not been posting regularly here because, frankly, I have not been a good place, or places. Such is life with dementia. I’ve wanted to write, to share, Continue Reading →
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Sometimes the role of caregiver means watching the care unit and the people who work there. In a caring way, in a kindly way, but in a firm way when Continue Reading →
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I NEVER EXPECTED to be on a panel of expert speakers about dementia when my wife and I started her dark journey with the affliction. But so I am. I don’t Continue Reading →