The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver

Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!

What Will Be Your Child’s Inheritance?

What Will Be Your Child’s Inheritance?

I talked to an old high school friend. She had called to tell me about another old friend who gave up the fight & ended his life this past month. We talked about old history and some of the crazy things we’d done. As it always does it turned into talking about all of the…
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What Happens When The Caregiver Is No Longer Caregiving

What Happens When The Caregiver Is No Longer Caregiving

  I’ve been my mom’s caregiver for a long, long time. Even before she moved in with us every decision I made had to take her well-being into account. It’s always been momma & I since the day I was born. Being the only other girl in a house full of boys meant that we…
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When Alzheimer’s Isn’t The Worst Diagnosis You’ve Ever Had

When Alzheimer’s Isn’t The Worst Diagnosis You’ve Ever Had

When mom was diagnosed in 2011 with Alzheimer’s Disease I thought then that was the worst thing that could ever happen. I grieved for all that I was losing, I grieved for all of the things that momma would forget and that list grew longer and longer each and every day. As days went by,…
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REMEMBERING THE PAST THROUGH ALZHEIMER’S

REMEMBERING THE PAST THROUGH ALZHEIMER’S

REMEMBERING THE PAST THROUGH ALZHEIMER’S I am always amazed at the amount of damage that Alzheimer’s causes. How does it decide which memories go and which stay around for a little longer? My mom has a great memory of the past and as the Alzheimer’s progresses I’ve noticed that the stories she tells me are…
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LIZZA’S LOCKS…REAL AND IMAGINED

LIZZA’S LOCKS…REAL AND IMAGINED

This is a story that my mother recently shared with me. That is my favorite part of being her caregiver, listening to the stories of her youth. Mom had a very hard life deep in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. She had 10 siblings, being spread out a little bit in ages didn’t all live at home…
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MOM’S GREAT ESCAPE

MOM’S GREAT ESCAPE

I want to tell you a story about my mom long before Alzheimer’s took over her life, even before becoming the wife and terrific mom she would later become. This story left me in awe. You see mom never told us stories about her life. Just the basics of growing up extremely poor, helping to…
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