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Second Wind Dreams, a national non-profit organization with a mission to change the perception of aging, one dream at a time, has a Virtual Dementia tour kit. It’s a training tool that provides people with the opportunity to experience how it might feel to have dementia.
Sounds like something everyone who works with dementia […]
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Many Alzheimer’s caregivers are caught in that “Gen Between” situation, with parents they’re responsible for as well as children. Elizabeth at b5media’s Gen Between blog relates her own and other’s experiences.
Gen Between’s parents may or may not have some form of dementia. However, their independence is waning, and the need for care by their children […]
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”I can’t do this another day,” you moan as you drag around from lack of sleep, trying to keep up with your Mother’s wanderings. She cleverly learns the new latch on the outer door. The childproof catches on the cabinets don’t faze her. She’s hot, so dispenses with garment after garment. And she asks those […]
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As I was responding to comments on the post about repetitive questions, I agreed that, yes, Alzheimer’s victims certainly can ask a question over and over and try one’s patience. By the end of the day, the caregiver can be worn out.
However, I realized, this reminded me, too, of when my daughter and then grandchildren were small […]
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Sometimes Mother or Auntie would ask the same question over and over. If I were lucky, I’d have a five minute break between questions. I learned they weren’t doing it to drive me crazy. They simply forgot and that particular concern played on their mind.
At Alzheimer’s Weekly, you’ll find a helpful discussion by caregivers […]
AlzheimersNotes.com (A Poem)
Mom! Mom!
Don’t slip away
Into another world,
Another time in life.
Stay! Stay!
In today’s world;
We need you here
With all of us.
Why? Why?
Does this happen?
You lose your memory
And slip far away.
Mommy! Mommy!
Granny’s fun;
She tells us stories
When she was small.
(c) 2008 Mary Emma Allen
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Determining whether an Alzheimer’s patient doesn’t feel well or is simply cranky can be a difficult call, much as it is when a baby is ill. Unless Mother was running a fever, coughing, bleeding, sneezing, or had other obvious ill symptoms, it was difficult to know what was wrong.
Was her obstinancy caused by pain? Did […]
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THURSDAY THIRTEEN has become a popular way to post around the blogosphere. Sometimes we have a particular theme; other times simply random thoughts provide information and encouragement.
Here are 13 of my random thoughts I share with you today. I hope some may give you encouragement in your caregiving day.
Why did Mother and Auntie get Alzheimer’s? However, it’s good this […]
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Liz Lewis wrote a post recently about Alzheimer’s and its effect on a couple’s marriage when one is diagnosed with this disease. She referred to an informative article at CNN.
An excellent book, written from a wife’s viewpoint, about caring for her husband who developed multi-infarct dementia, is A Glass Full of Tears: Dementia Day-By-Day. Written by […]
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When I read Carol O’dell’s blog post, Did I Attract Caregiving? where she relates about caring for her mother, it touched a cord. I began to wonder:
Did I attract caregiving when it became my responsibility to care for Mother and Auntie, both of whom had Alzheimer’s. Somehow I also became responsible, along with a […]
Encouraging Alzheimer's caregivers from someone who's been there.
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