It seems that advice for maintaining a healthy brain is similar to what we do to keep our bodies well. Walking or any kind of moving helps in this goal. Smoking is out, but studying is a boon to our brains. Being overweight is bad for our bodies, our hearts, and our brains. Another essentialContinue reading “Brain health”
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Support
There is a lot of support for the family member in charge of care. As caregivers, we are the better for taking it. Help is offered in the form of group sessions (now conveniently on Zoom); phone support from trained social workers; and hotline responses for urgent matters. There are myriad associations offering this invaluableContinue reading “Support”
Prompted
So much that is too Much yet, I can’t fixThat. Why me, Burt Cries? I concur whyIndeed. I want to, I Do. I want to make itAll better, go away.I want to fix it. All Of it. I want to fixThat. I want our lifeBack. So very much.The elders would say”If wishes were horsesThen beggarsContinue reading “Prompted”
When things change
We have a rhythm to our journey. Like the clacking of train tracks, it tends to be uneven. His mood changes, and his love, constant but as changeable as the seasons of his moods, comes under their fire. It ebbs and flows but always can be seen rippling under the changes. He returns to meContinue reading “When things change”
I’m a person too
In the midst of all the losses- Burt is distressed that he has no job, I took his money, everyone in his life feels they can boss him – he will say, “I’m a person too.” This plea for respect and dignity is in part complaint and in part a request. It never references hisContinue reading “I’m a person too”
Early signs
I was inspired by Cynthia Malone’s journal Slammered to look back a bit. I am calling our endeavors a literature of grief. I couldn’t put Cindy’s moving account down until I finished reading.* Grieving is a normal response to loss and so we grieve even before the final separation. Caregiver Teleconnections offered excellent guidance forContinue reading “Early signs”
Dementia in the news
Sandra Day O’Connor died several weeks ago of complications from dementia. Rosalynn Carter was 96 when she passed and had suffered from dementia as well. These days dementia is often the diagnosis. Sandra Day O’Connor had made “dementia” news before. When her husband was in memory care, he began an affair with a woman atContinue reading “Dementia in the news”
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