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Caring For Your Parents
Who says you can’t go back home? You went back home to care for your parents. You started out feeling like a guest and made yourself at home. This was home and it still was; but it’s no longer your...
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Mom and Dad: Visions of Sugar Plums
Even before Mom and Dad moved into the facility, Dad has stolen naps. In the years since, his napping has only increased. Where he used to cat nap during TV shows, now he naps at the breakfast table,...
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Mom and Dad: Sing Language
After the most recent visit from the Baker Boys, Mom was pleased at how the staff had arranged seating for 2 of the residents. She started by telling me that there is a lady there who sings all the...
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Mom and Dad: Easter Sunday Family Reunion
Easter Sunday a cousin on my Dad’s side hosted a wonderful family reunion at her house. Hubby and I picked up Mom and Dad for the event. As usual, Mom wasn’t quite ready – there was still futzing to be...
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Mom and Dad: Mothers’ Day Beauty
Hubby and I visited Mom and Dad on Mothers’ Day and had a very nice visit. While we waited for Mom to get done futzing around, Dad decided to talk to us. While not many of the things he ‘says’ sound...
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Mom and Dad: The Elephant and the Flying Mustache
Mom’s Mothers’ Day hanging basket of flowers looks beautiful, if I do say so myself. Hubby and I selected quite a variety of flowers that can survive in direct sunlight, and found some unusual...
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Mom and Dad: Unwritten stories
So many stories I haven’t gotten to, So many stories I’ve still got to write. Stories that are sad, poignant, funny, and true. Stories that I will still write. I missed my Daddy when Alzheimer’s erased...
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Mom and Dad: You are what you… hear?
One of Dad’s hearing aids was no longer working, so I called the VA hospital to schedule an appointment. It turned out he was overdue for new hearing aids, anyway. On our first trip to the Columbus VA,...
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Mom and Dad: I wander as I wonder
There comes a time in many Alzheimer’s patients’ lives when wandering becomes a problem. For a long time, we knew Dad would not wander far from Mom. Even if he could not actually see her, he would not...
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Mom and Dad: Turn the Page
Each month, the activities department puts out a calendar of events for the month. When Mom and Dad first moved in, each of them got a calendar printed half a month on each side of the page. Mom would...
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