The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
Being responsible for the health and well-being of a loved one can make you forget to take care of yourself. But when your health is at risk, so is the health of your loved one. What is caregiver burnout? Caregiver burnout is the experience of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion from caring for someone. The…
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10 EMOTIONS…ONE DAY, THE LIFE OF AN ALZHEIMERS CAREGIVER As an Alzheimer’s Caregiver, I go through a lot of different emotions! Some days are better than others. I made a list of 10 emotions that I usually hit in one single day! It’s no wonder I sometimes feel as if I am going crazy….
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A CAREGIVER’S EPIPHANY I became my mom’s caregiver when I realized my mother could no longer live on her own. She is almost 79 years old and suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. I have to admit that it was something that hadn’t often crossed my mind. I mean, I knew it would happen “SOMEDAY”, but “SOMEDAY” was…
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Most caregiver’s do not become caregivers on purpose. They only become caregivers after some often traumatic or dangerous situation has occurred with their parents or loved one. With my mother, it was a comment made by her neighbor that first got me thinking about Alzheimer’s Disease. I knew my mom was forgetting things, she had…
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PT. 8 CAREGIVER SERIES “How We Got Here” The night of January 10, 2014, ended on a fairly even note, but I knew things had to change. I could not go through another day like the one I had just survived. It was my 44th birthday and it had been awful. One I would never…
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LEARNING ALZHEIMER’S ONE DAY AT A TIME PT. 4 CAREGIVER SERIES HOW WE GOT HERE We moved into our new house in October of last year. Wow, I can’t believe that we’ve been here for almost a year and this will be our 3rd in SC! I assumed after our move that things would get…
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