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A BRAND NEW DAY IS BORN
September 26, 2017
      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
August 21, 2017
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
August 7, 2017
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
August 1, 2017
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
July 26, 2017
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
June 29, 2017
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
June 27, 2017
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
June 21, 2017
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
June 19, 2017
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
January 18, 2017
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?
February 9, 2016
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
February 1, 2016
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
December 14, 2015
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
November 19, 2015
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
October 6, 2015
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
December 18, 2014
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
December 1, 2014
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
November 17, 2014
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
November 10, 2014
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
October 28, 2014
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
October 1, 2014
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
September 17, 2014
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
September 15, 2014
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
September 2, 2014
You see me , and yet you dont know me? You hear me, and yet you ignore me? You talk…
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