I was on my way home from a grocery run, when I saw it. A garage sale sign! A sharp right and an open parking spot – and twenty minutes before the next in-home appointment. As I walked up the driveway I spotted a basket full of stuffed toys. Not something I usually buy at […]
Mistakes Happen – Keep Moving
Caregivers – especially beginners — are sometimes fearful of making a mistake and that keeps us from taking needed action. As a caregiver, we need to take a deep breath and ask questions. Even when we are afraid to do so and especially when, we don’t want to hear the answer we suspect we may […]
Types Of Dementia
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IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Photo by Wheels It was dark with a bit of early light peeking under the window covering. The cat leapt from his position at the foot of the bed, stirring me to awareness. Wheels gets the middle of the bed by design. I sleep in a three foot corridor on one side of the […]
Wheels Understood
Wheels on vacation, wearing his favorite college football team name on his cap, is, standing beside the wheels of the Union Pacific Big Boy railroad engine, several years before diagnosis of PPA/FTD. I call him Wheels here. He spent his entire life working with wheeled vehicles – the bigger the better! Taking them apart and […]
