The Proper Distance from a Slow Motion Train Wreck Today I learned that....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part IX
To Clean or Not to Clean? The woman offering my mother Meals on Wheels turns....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part VIII
Keeping Guilt Company During this visit much has happened. And nothing has happened. During this visit I I vacuumed her living room floor. Or part of the floor. The visible part. I cleared out a bathroom that hasn’t been used in two decades.....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part VII
The Smell of Prell: Nostalgia Comes Knocking Tonight was intended to be the....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part VI
On Hideous Toe Nails and Moments of Intimacy 3 Jesus, knowing....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part V
When What Dementia Takes Away Is a Good Thing One of the gifts of dementia and memory loss is that traumatic things can be largely forgotten. And it’s not just that the event is forgotten, but even the emotional residue. This is not always true,....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part IV
On Subsequently, and not Unrelatedly, My Recovering My Mother When I see my....
Adventures in Dementia*land Part III
Click Here for Part I. Click Here for Part II. On My Mother Losing Her....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part II
Introduction The Short Version: We have been successful in moving my mother from one memory care facility 2,000 and 3,000 miles away from her children to another one that is a 30 minute walk from my brother and a much shorter plane ride away from....
Adventures in Dementia*land: Part I
Preface The following is a series of posts on the terrain I have encountered....