Caregiving

    For those who prefer to listen to this blog post:   Do you ever find yourself asking: “How did I get here? What series of events brought me to this place?” Or even, [...]

My mother, Vera would have celebrated her 90th birthday on November 15, 2016. It’s proved to be a time of reflection about her life, and her death for me.   Random thoughts through a lifetime of [...]

Dementia and Alzheimer’s social networking sites are replete with venting; often relating to family dynamics over the care of a loved one with the disease. Caregivers, the hidden victims share [...]

1965   I’m nine years old lying on a tiny patch of green grass, my face to the sun. The ballgame playing in the street breaks apart as the enormous green Chevrolet Impala slows to the front [...]

Dementia and Alzheimer’s are perpetually evolving diseases requiring the act of caregiving to be a fundamentally collaborative and yet codependent process. As an individual with dementia [...]

I am the primary caregiver to my mother with dementia. I am the perpetual caretaker of all of the details. Her likes, her dislikes, her allergies, her dreams, her regrets. How’s that for a [...]

As a caregiver to someone with dementia, nighttime breeds apprehension.   My mother progresses, From whimsical, furry animal delusions to angry and terrifying hallucinations Women walk [...]

As a caregiver to someone with dementia, you can think you’re on solid ground. You step, but sand begins to shift under your feet. Scientifically speaking, the friction between the sand particles [...]