Category Archives: Elderly Caretaking
Scenes in the Waiting Room of the Hospital
How much money we have, has NOTHING to do, with how kind we are, to our, aging parents here, as this individual had, observed, translated… Awhile back, as I’d started having symptoms of menopause, I no longer was stubborn, started … Continue reading
The Love & Hate of the Caretakers
On the darker side of caring for her demented elderly mother, when her mother’s death became, a total, relief for her, translated… Thumbing across the article, “Behind Long-Term Care” by Grass Liu on January 19th, it’d, reminded me of my … Continue reading
Posted in Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Facts, Lessons of Life, Properties of Life, Ranting About Life, the Consequences of Life, the Process of Life
Tagged Personality Shifts in Demented Elderly, Symptoms of Dementia, the Caretaker's Journal
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The False Scares of Dementia for the Elderly Parents Around the Holidays
From the Neurologist’s Office, off of the Front Page Sections, translated… The New Year’s coming, working in the giant tall white towers, I can’t help, but share some things with the rest, something I’d, discovered, around the holidays. Every year … Continue reading
Posted in Aging Well, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Opinions, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, The Passages in Life, the Process of Aging, the Process of Life, Values of Life
Tagged False Scares, Spend More Time with One's Own Elders
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The Forgetful Version of ‘Til Death, on Live-ing
The signs that points to the onset of dementia, or, just simply, forgetting, because, we’re, growing, older now, translated… From Before, H’s Forgetfulness Had, Gotten to Me, Later, as I’d, Had Several Forgetful Moments, I’d, Felt, a Bit Embarrassed, and … Continue reading
The Urine Bag
Because the living can’t let go of the dying, the dying still, DRAGS on, indefinitely, until, life can’t, keep going anymore, this is, really CRUEL, when you think about it, translated… Days and nights come the same in the E.R., … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Properties of Life, the Consequences of Life, The Trials of Life
Tagged Living Longer without the Quality of Life with Modern Day Medical Advances
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Be Prepared, Leave No Regrets Behind
On the terminal care of our, aging parents, translated… A couple of years ago, there was a bestseller, “Don’t Think You Still Have Twenty Years with Your Parents, There’s Only Actually, Just Fifty-Five Days that’s, Left”, there was a formula … Continue reading
Who Can Pick Up the Phones for Me
This is the family’s hardships, of handling the issues surrounding long-term care, and the government can’t do SHIT! Translated… My father ran to and from between Keelung and Taipei recently. The news stories on how much people are putting in, … Continue reading
Saving up on the Love When We’re Younger, in Our Elderly Years, We’d Be Looked After
Written by a neurologist of a hospital, on how important it is, to establish that bond of parent and children when we’re still, younger, from the Front Page Sections, translated… I see many elderly patients in my clinic, those accompanying … Continue reading
Posted in Aging Well, Beliefs, Connections, Cost of Living, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Family Relations, Interactions of Parents & Childlren, Opinions, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Socialization, The Passages in Life, the Process of Life, Values of Life
Tagged Connecting with Children When They're Younger, Doctor's Advice, Someone to Take Care of You When You Get Old
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Life, the Obstacle Course 