Posted Halloween 2019 I hope you have a wonderful Halloween and/or Reformation Day today! Mom had a nice day yesterday. I got to spend a couple hours with her and, while she wasn’t as happy as she usually is, she wasn’t sad and ate well. Today I meet with her care team for an update….
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Ten Trick-free Tips for Caregivers on Halloween
Posted 10-30-19 Halloween, like all holidays, has the potential to be a wonderful experience for patients who struggle with dementia, but there are certainly pitfalls to consider. Keep these things in mind as you navigate this spooky season to keep your loved one happy and safe: I won’t go so far to say that you…
Germs are Little Brats
Posted 10-29-19 We are officially in that time of year again! You know the one…where you walk into the school, the movie theater or the nursing home and immediately you feel the onslaught of germs from the multitude of sneezers, hackers, coughers, snorters, throat clearers, and otherwise phlegmy types. Mom has been pretty good at…
Courage…Don’t Dis It.
Posted 10-28-19 Howdy fellow Digital Cornbread nibblers! I trust you had a good week and, if not, I am sorry. I know many of you are caregivers, many of the 36/7/365-6 variety, and I thank you for taking the time to come by today after a long weekend. I had a busy one, as they…
I Love the Rainy Night
Posted exactly 2 months before Christmas on 10-25-19 Fall has fallen…uhhh…fell…uhh..fellen/felon in the Ozarks. (Sorry…we all have those grammar areas that give us pause. I am capable of doing moderately technically sound writing despite the style I employ here.) The last two days we have enjoyed cool, rainy weather. This is my kind of rainy…
How Much Does She Really Know, Anyway?
Posted 10-24-19 One of the biggest challenges/obstacles to keeping a stream of visitors to a nursing home, or a caregiver’s home for that matter, is the rationale “How much does he/she really know, anyway?”. Is it pointless to visit someone who doesn’t know your name? Why subject yourself to that? I have some comments in…
Happy Hump Day
Posted on Hump Day, 10-23-19 (Warning: this is a Christian piece, more than most. Viewer Discretion is Advised. lol) Happy Hump Day, you’all! I prefer “Hump Day” to Wednesday. It is easier to spell and it isn’t named after a couple false gods of times gone by. I even like the camel commercials. The origin…
On the L.E.V.E.L.: Communicating with a Loved One With Late Stage Dementia
Posted 10-22-19 How fast do you drive? On a scale from Mr. Magoo to Mark Martin, how far right does your speedometer go to find its happy place? I drive 1-2 MPH over the speed limit in Tempo One as I drive to work every day to accommodate for the 1-2 MPH slow my gauge…
From All Alarms
Posted 10-21-19 Leaning on the Everlasting ArmsWhat a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms! Leaning, leaning,Safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!O how bright the…
Food for Thought
Posted Friday… 10-18-19 So, I have been thinking about how to help more and more people with less and less time and resources available. Our support group has wonderful potential to help 10-15 people soon as the word gets out, and I expect great things from it. I would like to be able to help…