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Teri Bailey

posted 12/28/2007, comments (4)

The Gift of Placement

In August I was agonizing over placing my husband in a small board and care home; now in December I am rejoicing over my decision to do just that. The months of adjustment are over for both of us --- actually, for Dick, it was an easy adjustment --- for me, not quite so. But here we are about to move into 2008 -- twelve years into this... Read more Chevron

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Kristi Marie Gott

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posted 12/28/2007, comments (2)

Tracking Bracelets Rescue Alzheimer's Patients Who Wander

Using a Project Lifesaver tracking bracelet can keep an Alzheimer's patient who might wander safe. Recently, a local family in my town, Pismo Beach, California, was able to breathe a sigh of relief after their missing relative, an Alzheimer's sufferer, was found 20 miles away after a wandering incident. The... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/27/2007, comments (12)

Is it Dementia, Or Emotional Baggage?

I learned an important lesson this Christmas. While I have been focusing on all my memory loss being attributed to the dementia I am dealing with, I have found that there is an area of memory loss that dementia has nothing to do with. I will start by relating a problem I had on Christmas which is related to my dementia. This problem occurred... Read more Chevron

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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 12/27/2007, comments (4)

Celebrating Elder’s Anniversaries Can Be Painful

My mother always told me not to get married at Christmas time. She and my dad eloped December 26, 1940. It sounds very romantic. But they spent the rest of their lives trying to fit in an anniversary celebration around the Christmas holidays. It even became a family problem during times like their 25th and 50th anniversaries, when we wanted to... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/19/2007, comments (8)

Surprised By A Movie

You know how you get surprised when opening a wrapped gift? The gift I "opened" one afternoon was a Hallmark movie entitled "Pictures of Hollis Woods". It wasn't a gift in the literal sense of the word; it was a band aid to my emotional self. It started out innocently enough. As I began to watch the movie, I thought it... Read more Chevron

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