This blog is written to provide information and support to persons who are providing care for someone with dementia. A first indicator of dementia is when someone has trouble doing a task once familiar and easy for them. If you have begun to be concerned about someone's memory or cognitive processing, help the person receive a physical exam, to include lab work, and an appointment with a neuropsychologist for an evaluation of memory and cognitive processing.
Jul 31, 2014
Jul 30, 2014
Power of Our Thoughts
Jul 29, 2014
Let's Talk About Money
Jul 28, 2014
Ability to Think
Jul 27, 2014
Value of Truth
Jul 26, 2014
Benefits of Gratitude
Jul 25, 2014
Patience
Jul 24, 2014
Sailing One's Life
Jul 23, 2014
Avoiding Injuries
Jul 22, 2014
Dirtiest Fruit
Jul 21, 2014
Handling the Heat of Summer
Jul 20, 2014
Being Satisfied
"The perfect creative stance is satisfaction where I am and eagerness for more." Abraham Abraham has some good advice: monitor your emotions and stay in feelings of appreciation. The above quote is another good example. So many of us humans look for the next moment or event to be more fulfilling than what we are currently doing. It reminds me of cows which I have seen stretching their necks through fences to get to grass on the other side of the fence, when the grass they are stretching for looks exactly the same as the grass at their feet, on their own side of the fence. I have a friend who says she knows she always has enough, and I have noticed that she is always ready for something even better. A good way to live. Satisfied with what is, and eager for even better. |
Jul 19, 2014
Planning for Continuing Care
""Where will I live when I start to need help with the daily business of living? I don't want to wait for my children to open "the conversation". I want to start that conversation myself. Their input will influence me, but I want the decision to be mine." Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinn is a personal finance expert, and she recommends checking into CCRC's (Continuing Care Retirement Communities). I wish we had. Because we did not, that means I am left to make all those decisions for my loved one, which has been the most difficult thing in my life. Such a responsibility to make decisions for someone else's well being!! And expensive. Even with long-term care insurance (and I am so grateful for that), the cost out-of-pocket for us now is about $4000 a month, and that does not include medications which are several thousand dollars a year, even with prescription insurance. People seem to be fairly unaware of the incredible expense of long-term care, but - having experienced it -, I can now make better decisions for myself; and CCRC's are worth looking into.
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Jul 18, 2014
Spiritual Support
Jul 17, 2014
Staying the Course
Jul 16, 2014
Recognizing End Stages of Dementia
Jul 15, 2014
Financial Information for Family
Jul 14, 2014
Preventing Fraud
Jul 13, 2014
The Interior Journey
Jul 12, 2014
Weight Control Tips
Jul 11, 2014
Health Boosters
Jul 10, 2014
Gift of Giving
Jul 9, 2014
Disconcerting
Jul 8, 2014
Being Willing to See
Jul 7, 2014
Uses of Baking Soda
Jul 6, 2014
13 Power Foods
Jul 5, 2014
Love
Jul 4, 2014
Reality
Jul 3, 2014
Unending Advocacy
Jul 2, 2014
Becoming Who We Were Meant To Be
Jul 1, 2014
Buttered Coffee?!
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