Traveling Together

Whew!  That previous post I couldn't hardly type.  I thought it was me just being excessively tired, but then I realized it was the medicine I was on.  It was so bad I had to get off the medicine.  Part of the caregiver journey is figuring out our own health as well....

It's officially been 8 years since my loved one had Lewy explode on the scene.  Eight years.  Some I have talked to are at 10 years.  I know this journey for others can last for 15 years.  You never know how long the journey will be but it typically is 10 years +/- 3...

When I see horrific earthquakes in Haiti, I remember that there are caregivers there that are exhausted and trying hard to care for their loved ones in the midst of crisis. When I see everything changing in Afghanistan, I remember that there are caregivers there in...

Dementia is a beast and it brings out the best in our loved ones and the worst.  It's as if everything is magnified. That's a problem when it's the things that have been hurtful and hard in the past, and now that is bad.  It's easy to loose patience and forget that...

It's well known that dementia is very hereditary, especially among women.  And lately I've been dreaming things that are similar to my mother's open-eye delusions.  It's not a comforting sign.  I don't want to write a story like Flowers for Algernon. It's something to...

When was the last time you saw an elderly person being fed by someone in public?  For me, I don't think I've ever seen it.  And I think why is that they are either in a nursing home, or people don't take elderly dependents out in public that need help.  If they are...