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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We made the decision this past week to bring in hospice for Connie THE DAY CAME….and we called in Hospice for Connie this past week. The staff at our care Continue Reading →
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I didn’t realize how much stress was piling on until I ended up in the emergency room with what most likely was a TIA. Did I follow my own advice Continue Reading →
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Connie said it out loud – “I’m scared.” And yes, it a fear of death. We knew how this would end, but saying it out loud changes your world in Continue Reading →
OOPS. GUESS I was wrong. I said back in December I was bringing this blog to an end because I had nothing left to say or share. Then Dementia weighed in 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 →
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 →
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 →