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Joseph

I am a retired postal worker coordinating care for my age 88 mom.

posted 11/05/2009, comments (4)

Later Stage Dementia - Some Common Ground For Communication

My 88 year old mother has "unspecified" dementia. She presents all of the classic Alzheimer's disease dementia characteristics. Since January 2009, she has slipped quickly from someone who was having occasional memory problems, but could carry on a relevant conversation, to someone who now speaks about her delusions as though they... Read more Chevron

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Leah

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posted 11/04/2009, comments (4)

Dementia: To Know or Not To Know, A Ponderance

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 Chevron

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Diane W

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (2)

A Poem with a message..

THE WOODEN BOWLA frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law and 4-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table, but the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off the spoon onto the floor. When he... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/30/2009, comments (15)

We loved ones are not alone!

I came on tonight to post about feelings and family, both good and bad. I instantly saw a posting by Diane W.. Thank you for your words and the find on the book. Also, I am so sorry but yet releived to hear about your mom.. Releived do to the fact that I am the one that is in pain in my family. I wish both good and bad with... Read more Chevron

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Leah

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posted 10/27/2009, comments (6)

Choose Life Over Dementia

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 Chevron

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