Monday, February 13, 2012

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Dementia Behind Bars

A combination of lengthy mandatory minimum prison sentences, increasing numbers of life sentences and reduced opportunities for parole means that prisons are having to care for much higher numbers of aging men and women. Human Rights Watch's report, published January 2012, highlights a number of issues caused by an aging prison population. In the... Read moreChevron
posted 02/07/2012, comment (1)|
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wife,mother,grandmother/greatgrandmother
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It begins Again

It has begin again. I will be leaving for Oklahoma today. It is now my mother. My mother has taken the loss of Pop so hard. I have known for a while at the age of 80 Momma was having problems with her memory but I fear the loss of two son and a husband has pushed over the edge into not just some age dementia but something far worse. The grief I... Read moreChevron
posted 11/27/2009, comments (13)|
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Only Daughter.
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A Sudden Caregiver

Hi there new friends,    Things are happening too fast this year.    Just last January, on the 31st, my younger brother passed away from Congested heart failure. He was divorced and lived on my parents land next to their house. He said he would take care of my parents when they got old and sick. I was fine with that, since I... Read moreChevron
posted 06/05/2009, comments (5)|
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Life History Books

I am a social worker who has worked in the field of memory care and end-of-life care, recently transitioning to my own business.  I create life history books to help individuals and families connect with past accomplishments, pride, and relationships, particularly when memory loss threatens this connection.  Visit my website.
posted 05/14/2009, comment (1)|
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sojourner

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I'm gonna live 'til I die! I have places to go and things to do.
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Where Do I Begin?

I'll first introduce myself.  I am a 68-year-old retired woman, the daughter of a mother whose cause of death was "Alzheimer's Disease" at age 83.  With that knowledge, and knowing that I could be screened for the presence of Alzheimer's by means of a PET scan, I elected to become informed.  That was three years ago, that I was... Read moreChevron
posted 01/22/2009, comments (5)|
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