What I Regret Most About My Days as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver
I consoled myself by thinking he wouldn’t know the difference, but I later found out from one of the aides that he had asked for me. He had asked when I was coming.
By Marie Marley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
Being the caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s is a difficult journey to take.
First you have to learn new and creative ways to interact with your loved one; then, you have to constantly adapt to the person, who changes significantly as his or her disease progresses.
You also must deal with the pain of seeing your loved one’s condition decline and you have to accept the fact th...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - October 28, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
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My Beloved Ed’s Life Before and After Alzheimer’s
So Ed was infinitely better, but I was still in a state of total misery. I couldn’t even have what for me was a meaningful conversation with him.
By +MarieMarley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
Ed
Those of you who regularly read my articles here have seen many stories about my Romanian life partner, Ed, and my relationship with him. But all of those have focused exclusively on events during the years he had Alzheimer’s.
Now I want to tell you a little about the man he was (and the relationship we had) before he developed dementia and then how things changed as his illness progressed.
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Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - October 21, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
My Beloved Ed’s Life Before and After Alzheimer’s
So Ed was infinitely better, but I was still in a state of total misery. I couldn’t even have what for me was a meaningful conversation with him.
By +MarieMarley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
Ed
Those of you who regularly read my articles here have seen many stories about my Romanian life partner, Ed, and my relationship with him. But all of those have focused exclusively on events during the years he had Alzheimer’s.
Now I want to tell you a little about the man he was (and the relationship we had) before he developed dementia and then how things changed as his illness progressed.
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Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - October 21, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Keep Visiting - Even if Your Loved Ones Don’t Recognize You
There was a lady named Helen who had dementia. Every time her daughter, Heidi, visited Helen showed no sign of recognizing her daughter.
By +Marie Marley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
Heidi was heartbroken. Time after time it was the same. She’d visit and get no sign of recognition whatsoever, so finally she made the painful decision to stop visiting.
It only upset her and she believed her mother felt no pleasure during her visits.
Marie Marley, PhD, is the award award winning author of, Come Back Early Today: A Story of Love, Alzheimer’s and Joy. You can visit Marie’s website at ComeBackEarlyToday.
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Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - October 7, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Why I Write About Alzheimers Caregiving
He was my best friend, my chief confidant, my biggest supporter. He was my life partner – my soul mate. He was always there for me.
By Marie Marley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
Those of you who visit the Alzheimer’s Reading Room frequently know I have published numerous articles about Alzheimer’s caregiving here – approximately one per week over the past two years.
Why do I write these articles? Simply because I must. But that’s the short answer.
Marie Marley, PhD, is the award award winning author of, Come Back Early Today: A Story of Love, Alzheimer’s and Joy. You can visit Marie’s website at ComeBac...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 30, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
How to Meet Your Needs Without Being Needy
On the one hand, we’re taught that we have certain needs as human beings, including survival needs (food, water, shelter, etc), emotional needs (belongingness, love), self esteem needs, etc.
Whether or not all of these concepts qualify as true needs is debatable. The idea of there being a clear hierarchy of needs, such as Maslow’s, is debatable too — and as far as I can tell, that model has been pretty well debunked. But we can probably agree that some non-essential aspects of living can preoccupy us at times, giving us the perception that these unsatisfied elements qualify as unmet needs.
On the other h...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 24, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: People Skills Personal Development Relationships Source Type: blogs
Lifestyle Connect – Sep 28 in Bucharest, Romania
Here’s a pleasant surprise for anyone in or near Bucharest, Romania this Saturday.
I’ve been in Europe for about 3.5 weeks now, most of it spent in Bucharest. While I’ve been here, enjoying a whirlwind of amazing social connections and new experiences, I saw that there was some serious demand for a live personal growth event. Dozens of people expressed interest in this during my first week in town.
I’ve even been recognized on the street three times in the past week (in the USA I get recognized on the street maybe once per year). And two of those people asked me if I’d be having any events h...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 22, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Balance Career & Work General Motivation Passion Passive Income Personal Development Public Speaking Relationships Success Travel Source Type: blogs
Love and Special Gifts
Although he had become loving, loveable, adorable and happy, I was in a state of utter despair. I couldn’t even have what was (for me) a meaningful conversation with him.
By Marie Marley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
Ed and Adorable
Some experts on Alzheimer’s say that activities for persons living with dementia should be adult in nature. But anyone who reads the stories I’m about to tell would have to agree there can be exceptions.
Ed, my Romanian life partner of 30 years, had Alzheimer’s. Although he had become loving, loveable, adorable and happy, I was in a state of utter despair. I couldn...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 16, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Do You Want to Be Right or Do You Want to Have Peace?
Quite seriously, I couldn’t imagine myself agreeing with everything he said because he was so often wrong. I couldn’t imagine bowing my head and going along with whatever nonsense came out of his mouth.
By Marie Marley
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
One night I was helping Ed, my Romanian life partner of 30 years, pay his bills. He’d been showing signs of dementia and always needed assistance with that task. Unfortunately, I put the stamp on an envelope a little askew.
When Ed noticed, he lost it.
“Marie,” he hollered, putting his glass of vodka down forcefully and slamming his fist on the table...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 12, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Growing Up with Diabetes... in Romania
We continue traveling the globe to bring you accounts of living with diabetes in various countries for our Global Diabetes series. This month, we're happy to introduce a young woman from Romania who's focusing on striking the best possible balance... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - September 6, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
The 5 Most Difficult Decisions You’ll Ever Have to Make
By Marie Marley
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Should the Person Stop Driving?
Late one evening I was deeply immersed in editing the photographs I’d taken at the Cincinnati Zoo that day when I was startled by the phone ringing. I thought it was probably Ed, my Romanian life partner and soul mate.
But it wasn’t.
It was a sweet female voice I didn’t recognize calling to tell me she’d found Ed driving on the wrong side of the road. He’d pulled over and so she’d stopped too, and seeing how confused he was, she offered him a ride home.
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Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 4, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Wheatlessness goes worldwide!
The original Wheat Belly book is now in 18 languages: French, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Romanian, Chinese, and a few others. And, oh yes, in Australian, too, Dannie! (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly--The Book Source Type: blogs
