Category Archives: Our Journey

From in-home care to memory care to nursing, care is not cheap in this country. This is part of an ongoing series about our family’s experience with dementia. There is Continue Reading →

Even when you loved one isn’t living at home any more, you remain a care-giver This is part of an ongoing series about our family’s experience with dementia. There is Continue Reading →

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At some point you will have to assume responsibilities for helping your loved one, and often doing family tasks they have done for years. It will take a team. This Continue Reading →

Our path to finding out what we were dealing with was blocked because we didn’t have the right medical help at first. When we got it, things changed quickly and Continue Reading →

The signs of dementia are similar to the signs of a lot of conditions but sooner or later, it starts to look like what it is. This is part of Continue Reading →

Good question. Most people do not go directly to dementia. You go almost anywhere else looking for what’s going on, often with good reason, but it’s hard to pinpoint that Continue Reading →

Testing is critical to determine what a patient might be dealing with, though one thing they have in common at this time is, there is no cure. This is part Continue Reading →

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We didn’t see it coming. No family history. But then, there it was and nothing will ever be the same. THIS IS THE beginning of a tale about an ending. I Continue Reading →

This is part of an ongoing series about our family’s experience with dementia. There is no order to it, just observations, reflections and, I hope, some guidance for others on Continue Reading →