Information and opinions on health from mardeux at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/30672/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/30672/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/30672/index http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/30672/18012/holiday-dinner Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:12:00 -0500 mardeux "I saw a number of residents who were dining in their usual places because family members did not make the time to join them for this event."    Please don't be too quick to judge those of us who couldn't make time for the holiday dinner this year.  Some of us are juggling the demands of a job and parenting our own children.  I feel a twinge when I read this post and think that someone might... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/30672/18012/holiday-dinner http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/30672/16682/im-visit Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:50:00 -0500 mardeux It's been two weeks since I've visited my dad at the Alzheimers ward.  It is getting so hard to see him this way.  He is incoherent.  Sometimes he knows who I am, or at least recognizes me as someone he knows.  Sometimes he has tried to leave with me when I go.  I am always so sad after one of these visits.  I find it harder to go back, but then I'm overwhelmed with guilt when I don't... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/30672/16682/im-visit