Posted 3-12-19 One of the biggest challenges seniors face later in life is avoiding harmful falls. My mom has fallen several times since she had been in a memory unit (and before) and it seems to be a very common thing in her facility. (See this link to yesterday’s post of the Sweet 17 princess’s…
Author: Mark Applegate
I am Trying
Posted 3-11-19 Good, long visit with mom tonight. She is fairly weak and dependent on eating for energy and sleep these days. How can you tell this, Dr. Obviouspants? The first 30 minutes of the visit mom looked down and only said a few things in my general direction. Then the meds and food kicked…
Sleep and Alzheimer’s
In a day of quick fixes and easy explanations, sometimes it takes looking at several reputable sources to determine the validity of a health claim. Boy howdy, is Alzheimer’s and related dementias that way??? I am guessing each of you on the other end of cyberspace have been told/promised that if you just take vitamin…
Covered Bridges: Welcome
Undercover Nausea
Mom started today off waaaaaay better than yesterday. No nausea and she slept well. How she can go so quickly from yesterday’s super-soaker to today’s vocal and pretty happy and walking around? My theory makes me sad. She may have been sick for a couple days and it took the nausea to help her feel…
What You Don’t Know…
Posted 3-8-19 “So long as I know it not, it hurteth mee not”. According to the The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, this phrase that we translate as “What you don’t know can’t hurt you” originated…wait for it…200 years before the founding of America, in 1576. The citation claims that its sister phrase is “Where ignorance…
KY3 Interview about the Holidays
There is a lot more to say about this topic to be sure.
Looking Back: The First Day in Memory Care
The crestfallen sound of mom saying “Don’t Go!” will reverb in my brain until tomorrow’s return as an echo my refilled joy will drain. Mom’s old stories hooked me like a caught bluegill When I was a wee lad Why didn’t I write them down, they were so real Daily I wish so I had Of exploits in school and living…
Digital Cornbread is Online!
Posted 3/7/19 Www.digitalcornbread.com is my newly forming blog. I am uploading 6 months of Alzheimer’s and caregiving posts this week. I have posted nearly 40,000 words on Alzheimer’s alone since mom was diagnosed. Take a look and give me tips. I am not sold on the template… Thanks all! Mom had a good day…actually got some…
Sweet 17 Today
Posted 3/6/19 When mom first started experiencing more extreme (at the time) symptoms, I was agast. I had never seen an inflicted mom hunting and gathering papers, crayons, jewelry, and pickles in a purse, and I had no point of reference. I had never witnessed the panic walks and the deer in the headlights stares…