A Family's Journey Through Dementia

A Trip We Didn't See Coming and Didn't Want to Take, But Here We Are….

A Family's Journey Through Dementia

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Warning – I’m going to talk suicide, and dementia and where I stand

Posted on January 17, 2025 by heilandrich1

I respect that others may disagree but how and when and why we end life when it involves medical issues needs to be on the table.          This is part of Continue Reading →

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Posted on December 25, 2024 by heilandrich1

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For a while, on Christmas Eve, the stranger who sometimes moves into Connie’s mind these went away and she came back….          THERE IS A stranger who creeps into Connie these days. We Continue Reading →

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Posted on December 19, 2024 by heilandrich1

It’s a first Christmas alone and the apartment doesn’t have any Christmas trimmings, but it’s not sad, just different….          THIS IS NOT a sad tale, though it may sound like it. Continue Reading →

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Posted on November 3, 2024 by heilandrich1

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Driving without words on a chilly morning as the leafs fall…. IT WAS CHILLY. Forty-eight degrees, but for Connie, too chilly for a walk. Her internal temperature controls are awry these Continue Reading →

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Posted on October 16, 2024 by heilandrich1

Connie says she is losing it and she is scared. So am I. Week by week it becomes more clear where we are going and neither of us wants to Continue Reading →

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Can you ever get inside a dementia patient’s world and see it through their eyes? Maybe, maybe not..

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Posted on October 6, 2024 by heilandrich1

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When I heard there was a way I might be able to get more familiar with what my wife’s new world might be like, or might become, I was skeptical. Continue Reading →

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Posted on September 23, 2024 by heilandrich1

Haven’t posted for a while. Blame it on ennui….          Been a while since I posted on this blog. Once upon a time I had plans to make this a semi-weekly or Continue Reading →

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Let’s talk about dying, as in the cost of it all…

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Posted on September 2, 2024 by heilandrich1

How you handle the costs of dying depends on where you live, whether you think Medicaid might be in your future and where your highest level of trust is – Continue Reading →

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Posted on August 29, 2024 by heilandrich1

I’ve been the caregiver for a while now, but got to thinking what might happen if the tables turned….          I am sitting on the patio chugging water.             Omnipaque Oral Solution Continue Reading →

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It’s not all that common, but violence can be a part of dementia and when it is, you need to be alert

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Posted on August 24, 2024 by heilandrich1

If your loved one is in a care facility, be sure you know how it handles violent residents, and understand you need to be a part of keeping your family Continue Reading →

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