My mother made her final wishes very clear: (1) No use of medical methods (such as a feeding tube) to extend her life; (2) Cremate her body; (3) Spread her ashes in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
We began to follow Wish 1 last year about this time when she could no longer swallow solid food. Mom passed away in September 2007... Read more
National Public Radio (NPR) recently aired a story about the Intergenerational School's volunteer program that promotes interaction between the students and elderly volunteers who have dementia. The Cleveland inner-city charter school, which serves students in kindergarten-eighth grade, was created by Dr. Peter Whitehouse and his wife, Cathy... Read more
I realize that it's a few days past Mother's Day, but I thought readers would be interested in the column, "Call Your Mother," by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman. The column, a tribute to his mother Margaret who died in April, was the most e-mailed column when I checked the Times website on Monday.
As Mr. Friedman notes, his... Read more
Mara and I were trading stories over the weekend about aging parents and dementia. Mara's mother currently is in a nursing home with dementia while her father passed away a long time ago. At one point in the conversation, Mara recounted, "I was putting on some earrings recently that my mother had given me and this suddenly made me so... Read more
For most of January, I've had some unwelcome visitors. Turns out three rats found entry into my home and have gorged themselves on my dog's food and other things (like bristles of a hairbrush) that they've found edible. Suffice to say, it hasn't been a fun experience and this trio has proven much more industrious and cagey than I... Read more
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