Posted 4-3-20 Day 22 of the Shawshank Redemption Re:Dementia lock down for mom and 1.5 million others loving in nursing homes across the United States. Sigh… What a challenge for them, for their loved ones, and for the staff. The desire to keep them safe from obvious threats (the COVID-19 virus, for one…however, the flu…
Author: Mark Applegate
Christian, husband, and dad...and a workplace chiropractic geek and cornbread chef on the side. I am also happily the Director of Systems Alignment for the SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging.
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 21: Reality Check
Posted 4-2-20 Hi all. Sorry to come down from yesterday’s fun story to reality, but I must. (Note: I am also short of time today, so this is just a quick, but important, point.) Yesterday I was treated to a 2-hour webinar from our state’s chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. It was very informative! The…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 20–April Fool’s Day
Posted April Fool’s Day, 2020 Happy April Fool’s Day all! May the worst you get at your house be a fake rubber vomit. (Note: This COVID-19 junk is a big, stinkin’ joke… enough to go around…) We have always been fun-loving family. Practical jokes have been a mainstay for years with us. My earliest practical…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 19: Ten Things You Can Learn about Dementia From Golf
Posted 3-31-20 Day 19 of mom being on lock down from the public due to the global pandemic. The clock is a tick’n, unfortunately, and we need this stinkin’ virus to go away so we can get back to hanging out with mom. The double whammy of the two scenarios make for stress, anguish, frustration,…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 18 via a Guest Writer
Posted 3-30-20 The rumors of the end of my Shawshank Re:Dementia series being dead are greatly exaggerated. 😉 In fact, I have decided that I will continue to subtitle each article with this until the day we get to get mom out of solitary confinement (Out of “the hole”). After today’s article, penned by my…
Shawshank Re:Dementia (Day 15)
Posted 3/27/20 as we finally enter the weekend!!! Can you smell that? No…not the digital cornbread in the oven. I meant the weekend??? It smells as sweet bacon in the morning! Woot woot! But first, we slob our way through today. 🙂 Behold……my last regularly-scheduled piece using Shawshank Redemption Re:Dementia quotes on our little topic….
Shawshank Re:Dementia (Day 14)
Posted 3/26/20 Happy Thursday to all! What a week it has been! Cabin fever yet? Yup…me too. BUT, as I type, the early bird is already outside serenading the empty streets as if he is the lone flute in a parade. The squirrels are unpacking and gallivanting around, making all sorts of sounds in the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia (Day 13)
Posted 3/25/20 (9 months until Christmas) (WARNING…THIS TOPIC and CLIP WILL BE DISTURBING TO MANY, MANY. OK…MOST. OK…ALL…but it needs to be discussed.) (Parental Discretion advised) Happy Hump Day, all! It is going to be a glorious 70+ day with lots of sun here in the Ozarks and 80+ tomorrow. (Sniff, sniff…where are you storms…I…
Shawshank Re:Dementia (Day 12)
Posted 3/24/20 Howdy all! Welcome back to the table this stormy (in the Ozarks) day. Lots to say, not lots of time due to my job…sooooo….off we go! 😉 First a little quote by Red from Shawshank Redemption ReDementia: “There’s Not A Day Goes By I Don’t Feel Regret. Not because I’m in here, because…
Shawshank Re:Dementia (Day 11)
Posted 3/23/20 Happy Monday all!?! (Second guessing, brain making grinding gear sounds) (self-talk: “Uhhh…errrr….It is Monday, right??? Oh yes…church was–online three places–yesterday so it must be Monday.” ) (Scratching another hash on the prison wall days served tabulation). Welcome back to the Digital Cornbread table, one and all! I trust and hope your weekend was…