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“Why bother using make-up on Alzheimer’s patients?” someone asked me when I described how the staff at the nursing home had Mother looking so pretty with nail polish, blush, and lipstick when I visited one day. “Do they really know?”
I don’t know if Mother knows, I thought, but I do.
I liked to see her looking […]
“Be careful what you say, I always tell my staff,” Marie explained. She said she warned nurses and aides working with her in caring for elderly and Alzheimer’s patients, “You never know what they’ll hear and understand.”
How true, I agreed. We never know what they may understand when that window of lucidity that unexpectedly opens. We […]
When Jim and I moved Mother from her home in New York State, 275 miles to ours in New Hampshire, it was soon after New Year’s in 1992. We’d planned to make the change toward the end of January, after we’d gotten our home ready.
However, when I awoke Christmas morning (we were spending the holiday […]
I’ve posted a new poll on Alzheimer’s Notes to help me know how I might provide information to help my readers. It’s also enjoyable getting to know my readers this way, as well as through the comments they leave.
Question: Have you attended an Alzheimer’s caregivers support group(s)?
Choices: Yes; No; There are none available in my […]
May 2007 be a special year for you, one of health and happiness and an easier time caring for your family member. It will bring you new experiences and changes in your life. I’ll hope you can face these with an uplifted spirit, even though there may be some frustrating times.
Keep your sense of humor. […]
Encouraging Alzheimer's caregivers from someone who's been there.
Written by Mary Emma Allen [email] for b5media.
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