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A BRAND NEW DAY IS BORN
      The breeze gently wipes my tears away,  So many tears are shed; For each and every one…
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Have a Backup Plan
Accidents happen. This well-known fact makes it imperative for the caregiver to devise a backup plan. This plan must be…
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A Faraway Place
Last night I traveled to a faraway place, a place I had never been before and yet familiar, except this…
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The Sacrifices of Caregiving
If life has taken you in the direction of becoming a full-time caregiver for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or another…
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The Unbroken Circle
Will the circle be unbroken By and by, Lord, by and by? Is a better home awaiting In the sky,
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THE DOOR
Just when you think you can’t take any more, Look in your heart and step through that door, The door…
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Dealing with Decline of Facial Recognition in Dementia
Caring for my mom now in the end stage of vascular dementia, I have learned that when I walk into…
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Tips for Using the Montessori Approach for Positive Dementia Care
The Montessori Method is based on the use of the five senses and on the procedural memory system. The procedural…
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A Strange Morning Indeed
A strange thing happened to me about 11 months after my father died. It was nearing 10:00 p.m. one night…
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The Value of Time
Comic book writer and designer Will Eisner created the character “The Spirit,” who is known for saying, “Time is the…
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Will You Still Be My Valentine?
It doesn’t take long for caregivers to figure out that holidays can become difficult times of the year for both…
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When Our Loved Ones No Longer Recognizes Us
Are we truly forgotten when our loved ones with dementia don’t recognize us anymore? The answer is a definitive no!…
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A Timely Reminder About Dementia at Christmas
I am often asked, “What, in layman’s terms, is dementia?” I often answer it this way, especially at this time…
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Finding a Happy Medium when Managing Dementia
Caregivers of dementia patients can also easily be called “managers.” Believe me, there are always countless matters that need urgent…
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Elder Rage: How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents
By Jacqueline Marcell, Author, ‘Elder Rage’ www.ElderRage.com For eleven years I pleaded with my ‘challenging’ elderly father to allow a…
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Don’t Lose Your Cool
Certainly, it is now a widely accepted fact that being a caregiver is an incredibly stressful undertaking. If this is…
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Winter Shadows
As we walk slowly into deepest winter with the nights drawing in and the darkness of a winters night encompassing…
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Dementia at the Dinner Table
During the latter stages of dementia related diseases, our loved ones will need more and more assistance at the dinner…
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LIVING WITH Dementia
Disintegrating memories, leave with no sound, No warning, no signals, no alarm bells are found, Slipping away, like ghosts in…
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Reflections on a Winters Night
As the clocks turned back an hour and the nights are now darker, last night we went down to the…
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Me and My Gran
Dolly was her name, my gran that is. Actually it wasn’t really “Dolly” it was Mary, Mary Mc Manus, but…
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Dementia’s song
One day soon, I promise you this,As sure as the moon rises, and sunbeams kiss,The cure we have waited for,…
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The Sounds of Dementia
One of the prevalent misconceptions that the general public has about dementia is that it only affects one’s memory. This…
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You see me, and yet you dont know me
You see me , and yet you dont know me? You hear me, and yet you ignore me? You talk…
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