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posted 07/24/2009, comment (1)

Summer Safety Tips

Summer Safety Tips Summer provides wonderful opportunities for families to create meaningful moments with loved ones diagnosed with dementia. Enjoying gardens, family cookouts, or holiday celebrations are fantastic ways to reminisce with your loved... Read more Chevron

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My father has Alzheimers. He is 83 and Mom takes care of him.

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posted 07/11/2009, comments (3)

My dad and mom 83 and 80

My dad has AD and my mom takes care of him. I live about an hour away. I tried to get her to move next door to me and she refused. Now the house is sold. She is constantly calling me and I feel like I have to run every time she calls. I feel guilty if I don't. I want to be there for her but it would be... Read more Chevron

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female, 50 just became a grandmother.

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posted 05/17/2009, comments (3)

I just want to write today, It's been a bad one

I should be used to mom and her personality changes but I just can't. About every 3 months or so she becomes angry, and mean. This usually means that she is getting a UTI. This is the beginning of a long 2 week roller coaster of emotions. She will stay in bed, saying she wants to die, getting angry and... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/15/2009, comment (1)

5 Steps to Compassionate Caregiving

Communicating with the Dementia or Alzheimer’s AfflictedBy Charlotte ParkerWe are all born with a desire to give and receive love. Circumstances we encounter throughout our lives may callous that need, but it never fully dissipates. Sadly, as we grow older, we oftentimes become more challenging to love, and illnesses such as dementia or... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/09/2009, comments (4)

In Memory of my mother inlaw.

This will be a very hard letter to write. As of on May 7,2009 at 3.06 pm we lost my mother inlaw today. We were with her and been with her by her side. Up tell she took her last breath. Me and my husband heart ake so much today. She was a fighter up tell her last breath. Hazel was 91 and full of life all the time even when... Read more Chevron

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