How important is structure in the day of someone living with dementia? It seems to be VERY important. But HOW does one create structure when one is retired and every day is different? That is my dilemma.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Keep a calendar current.
I actually have multiple calendars: ... Read more
It's time for a checkup...a self check of where I am in the progress of my dementia. One doctor told me that, with vascular dementia, there should be no further progression unless I have further TIA's (mini-strokes). Another told me that I could have ten good years. I took both to heart and have worked toward making my mind as... Read more
A reader posed a most intriguing question to me giving me pause for thought: Would I, if I had it to do over again, want to know my diagnosis of dementia? I answered in fifty words or less...but the question begs for further exploration.
Each of us is different-that's a "duhhhh" statement if I ever heard one; but it's so... Read more
This week's post is directed to those people with some form of dementia.
You are not alone. You are not going crazy. You are not losing it...well, maybe a little...but not all at once. There's still time to be YOU to live a full life.
Dementia is a diagnosis. A tragic one, to say the least. But... Read more
It seems like forever since I last wrote! Just the smallest change can upset my day, my schedule. In this case, it has been a change in ouralzheimers.com's personnel. It really didn't affect me except that I will have someone new to whom to send my blog. To the normal person, this would be no big deal, but to the... Read more
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