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What’s Life Been Like Since
Her Story is Over…Sort of
She is in Heaven Now
Still with Us
So Ends 2023
Happy Thanksgiving! (and hello hospice)
[Updated] So I’m Working on Someth...
FREE with Kindle Unlimited: The Essentia...
Take the Picture
This Shirt is Fantastic
Forgiveness – One of the Most Impo...
Tooth Infection
An Important Word
Lewy-versary – 9 Years
Bowel Incontintence
The Unseen 99
Watermelon Help
General Anesthesia – A Switch for ...
The Best Piece of Equipment We Have for ...
Dodging Tornadoes (Literally)
Hospital Again But This Time it was Me
Funny or Frightening?
The Magic Ingredient
Caregivers in Ukraine
You are Not Alone
Verbal Processing – It’s Dif...
Pusher Syndrome
Shut-In Together
This Was Hard to Read But It Clarified M...
I Don’t Look Forward to It
Six Years Ago Today
A Messy Day
The Other Hip Broke
8 Years In… Again
8 Years In
The Caregivers are There Too
Hypersensitivity to Pain
Saving Ahead For the Days to Come
Weight Loss Stage
Remembering that It’s Dementia
Ph.d in Dementia
Dreaming in Dementia – An Unpleasa...
Social Situations and your LO?
How You Think Matters
While the World Burns
The Mirror Looks Bad
Help with the Lewy Lean
What Do I Do When Not With You?
Respite Care – The Bittersweet Tru...
Drive at 5
Dementia and the Generations
Confirmed–Rotator Cuff Tear
MRI Scan
When “Don’t” DoesnR...
It’s 2021
2020 Comes to An End
Your Tone Matters More than Your Words
Whining and Whining and then Meowing
Reflecting on 7 Years of LBD
Neurotic Behavior, Frustration and Fear
The Terror of Overheating
The Prayer
Happy 4th of July on a Lonely Day
Last Time by Karen Kingsbury
Testing for Covid
The Family Doggy Died
Hide the Before and After Photo
Back Pain and Caregiving
Mother’s Day 2020
Thicker for Better Hydration
Remember the Picture
The Unwanted Overtaker
A New Prayer
The Heimlich (I Guess I Need Some Practi...
The Horror of a CoronaVirus Death
Coronavirus and Caregiving
5 Stages of Lewy Body Dementia
Unless you’ve been there…
Shoes and Swelling
Season of Hostility and “Persecuti...
Symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia
Learned Love
“I Didn’t Do It!!”
Love Protects – 1 Cor 13
Fearful of Offense
Fingernails
The Last Day of 2019
Our goal
Christmas 2019
Sometimes things go right
The Fight for Dignity
The ONLY happy place
Well-Intentioned Friends
Entering their World
The Water Obsession
Of Baby Dolls and Doggies
Update: Sept 11, 2019
PLEASE–Carry this Card (because Ha...
Joining their World
Love for the Generations
Tender Moments in Terrified Times
Sasquatch. Seriously.
To Avoid Self-Pity – Think on This...
Surgery #6
They call it “Showtime”
Mom is Changing – Fast
Jesus’ brothers and John and His M...
Praying for Simon
Globus and Caregiver Health
The Sleepless Nights Return
New Discovery (When We Thought She was G...
My Heart
A Season of God’s Graces
A Day of Good Things
Grrr… Daughter Bear
1 Year Celebration
The Other Side of the Heart
River people, Louis Vieux and More
We’re All Sick Around Here
The Day My Earth Tilted
Rumblings
Sacrifice is Giving up Something You Lov...
Dodged a Bullet
So Much Pain
A Hard Day
Prayers Appreciated – Hoping It...
What We Do in a Picture
What do you do all day?
Fading Things Need Glasses
Movies or Not – Last Night Was a B...
Seriously?
Remembering
Wow!! The Eclipse
The Re-Awakening
Hello, Wall
It’s a Climb
They are Still a Parent
Back in the Saddle
Going Forth
Lantern Fest
We’re Going Right this Time
The Orphan Train
The Swallow has found a Nest for Herself...
Fatigue and Demands
A Normal Day – Medical Appointment...
Just Want to be with Mom
Wrestling with Fear
The Wretching McDonald’s
The Purse Thing
Lost Control of the Wheel
Dealing with Unacceptable Decline
You’re Wrong!
Tired. I’m so tired of being tired...
Conceptual Ability
I’m a Bit Raw Today
There is Joy even in This
Dealing with Well-Intentioned Friends
Wheelchair Ramp – How to Figure th...
Caregiving Like You’ve Never Seen ...
Picture Care Phone Review
Is Lewy Body Dementia Reversible?
Dominos–A Wee Bit Shaky
Aquatic Therapy for the Elderly
Walker Tray Review–The Yunga &...
Medical Alert System Review
Finding Community in the Desert
Crucified Love of the Caregiver
Safely Transferring Loved Ones
Understanding Lewy Body Dementia
Drop Arm Commode
Capgras Syndrome and Dementia-Seeing Mul...
Dear Friend of a Caregiver
Understanding Medicare and Therapy Servi...
Occupational Therapy vs Physical Therapy...
How to Facilitate Sleep for your Loved O...
Good Grief Book–Finding Help in Ti...
Caregiver Facebook Groups: Are they Wort...
How to Fit your Walker/Cane Fit to your ...
General Anesthesia and Dementia–An...
5 Places for a Wheelchair Accessible Vac...
Is a Wheelchair Vacation Possible?
How to Manage Medications Quick & E...
My Mother in the Men’s Room
5 Ways to Help with Sundowning
THE Characteristic you MUST nurture as a...
DIY Homemade Laundry Detergent
Tall-Ette Extra Wide Toilet Seat Review
Gluten, Carbs and Such = Hallucinations?
A Change of Seasons
What Does it Look Like?
More than Conquerers
What does it look like?
The Lord is my Shade
- Tips and Helps
- Product Reviews
- Conditions to Understand
- Hospital Stays
Bowel Incontintence
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 27, 2022 | Caregiving Journey, Tips and Helps
Bowel incontinence is no joke and it comes at late stages. For us, since mom has broken her 3x...
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Watermelon Help
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 13, 2022 | Tips and Helps
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The Magic Ingredient
by Caregiver in the Raw | Mar 8, 2022 | Tips and Helps
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Saving Ahead For the Days to Come
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 7, 2021 | Tips and Helps
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Help with the Lewy Lean
by Caregiver in the Raw | Mar 20, 2021 | Tips and Helps
The Best Piece of Equipment We Have for This Season
by Caregiver in the Raw | May 27, 2022 | Product Reviews
Each season of caregiving means different pieces of equipment. For right now, the gold piece of...
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Picture Care Phone Review
by Caregiver in the Raw | Dec 6, 2016 | Product Reviews
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Walker Tray Review–The Yunga & the North American
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 25, 2016 | Product Reviews
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Medical Alert System Review
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 23, 2016 | Product Reviews
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Drop Arm Commode
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 16, 2016 | Product Reviews
Verbal Processing – It’s Different!!!
by Caregiver in the Raw | Feb 26, 2022 | Conditions to Understand
So many people don’t understand dementia and I have to remember I only understand because...
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Pusher Syndrome
by Caregiver in the Raw | Feb 14, 2022 | Conditions to Understand
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Hypersensitivity to Pain
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 29, 2021 | Conditions to Understand
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Weight Loss Stage
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 7, 2021 | Caregiving Journey, Conditions to Understand
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Ph.d in Dementia
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jul 24, 2021 | Caregiving Journey, Conditions to Understand, Lewy Body Dementia
General Anesthesia – A Switch for LBD
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jun 16, 2022 | Hospital Stays
I went to a medical seminar for practioners and sure enough, this is confirmed. General...
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The Other Hip Broke
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jan 20, 2022 | Caregiving Journey, Hospital Stays
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Understanding Medicare and Therapy Services
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 14, 2016 | Hospital Stays
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Vacation With Loved Ones
LatestWe’re Going Right this Time
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jun 21, 2017 | Vacation With Loved Ones | 0
Such good news today. Mom can now walk at 50% which I hope will reduce some of the burden. ...
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The Orphan Train
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jun 21, 2017 | Vacation With Loved Ones | 0
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5 Places for a Wheelchair Accessible Vacation
by Caregiver in the Raw | Oct 30, 2016 | Vacation With Loved Ones | 0
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Is a Wheelchair Vacation Possible?
by Caregiver in the Raw | Oct 29, 2016 | Vacation With Loved Ones | 0
Book Reviews
Top RatedGood Grief Book–Finding Help in Time of Loss
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 11, 2016 | Book Reviews, Care for the Caregiver | 0
I used to work in a Christian bookstore and this small little book was a best-seller. I...
Poems
PopularMy Mother in the Men’s Room
by Caregiver in the Raw | Sep 18, 2016 | Poems | 0
By MB I took my mother far into the men’s room today, not because I’m making a...
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Crucified Love of the Caregiver
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 19, 2016 | Poems | 0
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Last Time by Karen Kingsbury
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jul 3, 2020 | Poems | 0
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The Questions You Didn’t Know to Ask
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jul 26, 2024 | Care for the Caregiver | 0
I tried to think of all the questions I would ever want to know when she was alive. But...
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Finding Community in the Desert
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 19, 2016 | Care for the Caregiver | 0
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Dear Friend of a Caregiver
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 15, 2016 | Care for the Caregiver | 0
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Good Grief Book–Finding Help in Time of Loss
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 11, 2016 | Book Reviews, Care for the Caregiver | 0
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Caregiver Facebook Groups: Are they Worth It?
by Caregiver in the Raw | Nov 7, 2016 | Care for the Caregiver | 0
Verbal Processing – It’s Different!!!
by Caregiver in the Raw | Feb 26, 2022 | Conditions to Understand | 0
So many people don’t understand dementia and I have to remember I only understand because...
Read MorePusher Syndrome
by Caregiver in the Raw | Feb 14, 2022 | Conditions to Understand | 0
The LBD journey is one of “syndromes” that you’ve never heard of. Syndromes...
Read MoreHypersensitivity to Pain
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 29, 2021 | Conditions to Understand | 0
I don’t know if I have covered this before, but those with neurological issues have a...
Read MoreWeight Loss Stage
by Caregiver in the Raw | Aug 7, 2021 | Caregiving Journey, Conditions to Understand | 0
Just got back from the doctor this week and confirmed that mom is losing weight. We’re not...
Read MorePh.d in Dementia
by Caregiver in the Raw | Jul 24, 2021 | Caregiving Journey, Conditions to Understand, Lewy Body Dementia | 0
I don’t hold a Ph.d in dementia, but I do have nearly a decade of beyond full-time...
Read MoreWhen we entered into the world of dementia caregiving (Lewy Body Dementia), we thought we knew what to expect. But WE HAD NO IDEA. There were syndromes and behaviors that we did not even know about. It was a baptism of fire.
This books details what we wish we would have know, and how we deal with this things still.
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YES - The book below is the one I wrote. It's a "just the facts you need to know." No stories, charts, or antyhing. I wrote it because as a caregiver, I was too tired to wade through heavy science and theory that other books offered. I just wanted the essentials in short chapters. It's the book I would have wanted. If that's what you need also, then here it is:
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