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Lisa B Capp
Writer, Activist and Dementia Caregiving Survivor
Empowering Caregivers to Survive with Grace
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    • At least I don’t have Alzheimer’s…
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 Ask me how I am today. Anonymous
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By Lisa B Capp
In Blog, Dementia & Alzheimers, Family
Posted August 6, 2019

Ask me how I am today. Anonymous

  For those who prefer to listen to this story:   I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a daughter and a sister. I should say my life has been blessed, but find that difficult to say [...]

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 Life Lessons from Dementia Caregiving
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By Lisa B Capp
In Articles, Family
Posted October 13, 2018

Life Lessons from Dementia Caregiving

Promises made. Promises broken. In 1965 I was 9 years old when my grandfather was moved to a nursing home. The massive wooden door of the old mansion-turned-institutional care facility always [...]

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 Tradition
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By Lisa B Capp
In Articles, Family
Posted June 19, 2017

Tradition

Every Sunday, Rob Backlund of Burlington gathers envelopes and stamps and prints out seven copies of a letter. Daily letters to the leader of the free world are an example of how Backlund has [...]

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 Contemplation
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By Lisa B Capp
In Articles, Family
Posted June 19, 2017

Contemplation

A tremendous toll is exacted on family in the early phase of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease as we move from denial to acceptance. We live in fear of what will happen next, but in greater fear [...]

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 Long and Slow Descent
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By Lisa B Capp
In Blog, Family
Posted April 5, 2016

Long and Slow Descent

As a caregiver to someone with dementia, It’s difficult to remember what they were, Before the tangles and the plaques   She dressed impeccably, Everything matched, even things you couldn’t [...]

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