Posted 3-19-19 Just a quick note. 🙂 (I am still on vacation). When you are afforded a day off or a mini-vacation like I have been blessed with, try hard to focus on doing things that are memorable and are healthy. I am not your judge or your jury, but fight the temptation to drink…
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.
Guilt
Guilt is to danger, what fire is to gunpowder; a man need not fear to walk among many barrels of powder, if he have no fire about him. -John Flavel Alzheimer’s disease is savagely clever enemy to those it inflicts. It symptoms “start” innocently enough as a forgotten phone number or missed appointment. Then it…
Piano Love
Here is another videos of mom playing the piano yesterday. 🙂 These were even more fun in person. #EndALZ
…for the Win
Fun fact: My brother-in-law trained, competed, and won an enormous Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament in Denver this winter. Trophy, cash, prestige. A win… Far from merely a game of chance, this ever-tense strategy game requires psychology, reverse psychology and reverse reverse psychology…and a smidge of luck to haul home the prize. If it was only…
Covered Bridges 3-14-19 “Floppy Shoes”
Posted 3-14-19 Have you ever thought about the almost symbiotic relationship of dramatically contrasting objects? Said differently, have you noticed how it sometimes takes bold differences for us to see the beauty in something? I was thinking about contrasts as I drove to work this morning. The birds were still asleep (as were the Applegates)…
Let It Be
“Just a closer walk with TheeGrant it, Jesus, is my pleaDaily walking close to TheeLet it be, dear Lord, let it be….” -Verse 2 of “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” I am coming back to this gem of a song, made famous by Patsy Cline among many others, because it has been a favorite…
The Smaller they are, the Harder They Fall
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…
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…