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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The Realties of Being a Care-Giver. You won’t be ready for it, but you can do it.
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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 →
When it comes to finding out just what is going on with your loved one, your medical team is critical.
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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 →
We started to accept that Connie’s behavior changes might be something more than just aging, stress or depression.
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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 →
When we did we start to notice that Connie might be having some cognition problems?
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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 →
Dementia is more than just Alzheimer’s. There are several times with branches of their own
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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 →
The beginning of a journey we didn’t plan, never wanted, but here we are….
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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 →
Some more thoughts on care-giving and the “team”
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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 →