Tag Archives: the Caretaker’s Journal
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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My Mother Was Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and I Can Feel Her Anxiousness
From the Caretakers’ journal, from the papers, translated… “To me, Alzheimer’s is like watching my loved ones, falling into that abyss, and even as I’d reached out to him, I still, can’t pull him back out”, the Performing Workshop’s executive … Continue reading
My Demented Mother Became a Child, I’d Used Accompanying Her Instead of Scolding Her
Coping, adapting, with Alzheimer’s disease, from the caretaker’s perspectives, translated… As the wind and the rain died down early in the morning, I’d received a call from the police station, my mother fell in the E.R., and, other than all … Continue reading
Life, the Obstacle Course 