The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
I conquered the shower!! If only for today and it only took a week. I started out this morning when she mentioned that she hadn’t slept well. I recommended that tonight she should try a hot bath, maybe it would help. Then later I mentioned her scheduled CT scan and that she needed to take a shower and…
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Well, today is “home permanent” day in our house. My mom has been getting home perms in her hair every three months since I was tall enough to stand behind her. It is a routine that I have come to love over the last couple of years. We have our primary physician appointment in the morning…
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Today my brother came over and took mom out for the day. What a blessing to have some support. There are those who have no one who can give them a hand and I can’t imagine how hard that must be. I stay with mom 24/7 because I am disabled and can no work outside of the…
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Well, I have been reading about Coconut Oil and trying to see if the claims are real or just hype. My sister-in-law had sent me an interesting article titled Sugar and Your Brain: Is Alzheimer’s Disease Actually Type 3 Diabetes the article said that using coconut oil in cooking, baking or a morning smoothie can…
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