Change as Opportunity. Life’s challenges give us an opportunity to be thankful for the good times and to gaze heavenward. Mom has loved to color in textbooks and hymnals since the dementia got worse. The simple things are the best… #EndALZ In the early days in memory care and the late days at home, the primary…
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.
Crestfallen
Posted 10/14/18 The crestfallen sound of mom saying “Don’t Go!” will reverb in my brain until tomorrow when it will return like a bad echo. #EndALZ Mom was still wearing gloves everywhere she went. He body temperature confusion, looking back on it, was one of the first non-memory confusion points. She was also wearing multiple layers…
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…
Off We Go! :(
Had a good visit with mom today as we prepare (emotionally), pack and practice how it will work to take mom to her new forever home: the Memory Unit of a local nursing and rehab center. Mom was and is too dangerous to herself these days. She lives a block from the intersection of a…
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