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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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 →
Regardless of how you voted, what party you belong to, it’s critical we resist cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, and push for solvency for both programs. Those with older Continue Reading →
The road narrows, the woods close in on our journey towards the end of dementia and the mileposts come more quickly…. WE WERE TALKING one night, Connie and I. She was Continue Reading →
I am back in the role of care-giver, if only for a few minutes every night, and it’s not a burden. Not at all. It’s a mix of love, appreciation Continue Reading →
And, is the US facing a crisis in eldercare? Looks like it…. This is part of an ongoing series about our family’s experience with dementia. There is no order to Continue Reading →
It may not be nice to trick a loved one with dementia, but sometimes you just have to…. IT MAY NOT be nice to play tricks on someone with dementia, but Continue Reading →
Before sleep, an answerable question and things gone lost…. IT WAS BEDTIME. The meds were taken, teeth brushed, covers pulled up around Connie’s neck. I held her, kissed her cheek, stroked Continue Reading →
I had a lot on the plate for today, but now it looks like a nap is in order I AM TIRED. I had a plan for today, but it didn’t Continue Reading →
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Safety is a fleeting thing and we don’t feel quite as safe as we did, but at the same time the cause of our feelings is a victim of the Continue Reading →
I MISS THE smile. Dementia is cruel in what it takes away from its prey. It takes the mind, but it also takes the body, bit by bit. As the mind Continue Reading →