Category Archives: Socialization, Staying Active During the Elderly Years
Two Cups of Lattes
The times we shared…so precious, especially now, more than ever! Translated… Beneath the gold-rimmed round glasses, the black eyes shone bright, from within the blue mask came the crisp voice, “The usual, two cups of lattes?”, agilely, worked the cash … Continue reading →
Living Life Well with the Limitations
Ways to help the demented elderly individuals, live with a good quality of life, after the diagnosis, translated… My husband who’s elderly, had been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia last July by the N.T.U. Hospital. Followed the advices of the … Continue reading →
Finding Back the Patient-Centered Focal Point of Alzheimer’s Caretaking
On long-term care policy provisions here, how the personnel are all, unstable, due to the lacking of provisions set up by the government here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated… Seeing how the outbreaks had, slowed down, the Alzheimer … Continue reading →
On the Verges of, Breaking Down, 24,000 Families Called Out for the Bans on the Daycare Centers to be, Lifted
MERS-CoV, surely, affects the societies, on more levels, than one here!!! The pains, the trials of the families who are in need of the long-term care provisions here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated… With the daycare centers, the … Continue reading →
The Most Important Form of Wealth
If you don’t have your health, physically, psychologically, and mentally, then, you got, NOTHING, no amount of money can replace these more important things in our lives here! From the caretaker’s experiences and perspectives, in the encounters of the elderly … Continue reading →
To Slow Down the Deteriorating Process, Using the Concerts
How music is found, to work, just like art! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated… Other than the Taiwan Museum Organization’s starting the “Social Prescription” for problems caused by the aging community: Alzheimer’s, dementia, loneliness, depression, and the like, … Continue reading →
Grandma Pearl’s Early Morning Christmas Party
Giving these, aging ladies, a place, an opportunity, to feel younger, during the holiday seasons, translated… The month before the year’s over, I’d suddenly gained a thought, to set up a present exchange at the morning yoga class I just … Continue reading →
In a Parallel World
Visiting her mother at the home, where her mother lies, in a, statuesque state, translated… As I was headed out, the sun is still high up in the skies, only the cumulonimbus in the distance looked, more than apparent. There’s … Continue reading →
Taking My Mother to Class, Our New Routines
On elderly caretaking, engaging her mother who’s diagnosed with dementia more, to help her get more socialization with her external environment, translated… “Mom has Alzheimer’s!”, at the end of last year, a written diagnosis confirmed our, sisters’, worries, and ever … Continue reading →
My Father’s Bestie
A friend in need, IS, a friend indeed, having someone there, to give him the support he is in need of, both physically, AND emotionally, translated… That day I’d called up my father, to remind him to take his hypertension … Continue reading →