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Initiative Launched for Families of Alzheimer's Patients by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia A helpful bit of information for everyone... Posted: Jan 22, 2013 11:20 AM CST Updated: Jan 22, 2013 11:25 AM CST By Dawn Alexander - email © h ... Read on »

Progress One Step At A Time by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This a major step in bettering the care of patients with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia! I wish this had gone through in time to help Dad. I am thankful f ... Read on »

I Had a Dad Like That by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia I found this while searching for something I misplaced. ... Read on »

Grief: Adrift on a Sea That Has No Direction by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Grief must be the most insular of all emotions. Adrift on a sea that has no direction. Each time we grieve, for each person we lose in our lives, it is entirely diffe ... Read on »

Because I Love You by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This was written yesterday... IF YOU ARE FAINT OF HEART PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS POST I want to remind anyone reading this that it is a diary… my diary. I wr ... Read on »

In These Final Hours by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia I have felt a presence these last few hours so strongly I have glanced around rooms… A mere whisper of movement, a tiny breeze that touches my skin to leave a shive ... Read on »

It's Sunday and Time Is Marching On... by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Sunday, October 21, 2012 Around 3:45 this morning, I called hospice. Dad could no longer swallow and was choking. I knew it was time, but I needed them to tell me it wa ... Read on »

It's Just the Two of Us Here by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Yep, it’s official. Dad has a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). It took until Tuesday to get a viable sample. Because it was almost closing time at the lab, it was Wedne ... Read on »

"Why Won't You Let Me Go?" by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Escalating Agitation Born of Confusion “Who are you?” “What are you doing?” “Why are you touching me?” “Get away,” (slap, slap, slap) “Stop!” (slap, sl ... Read on »

3 Days of Decline by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia As far back as 2001, we knew there was something wrong with Dad. By 2005 he was on anti-psychotic and anti-Schizophrenia medications but his primary physician avoided ... Read on »

New Orleans Is Next to Heaven by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia I know I have been absent for a while. I can honestly say that I have been completely and utterly overwhelmed by life. When life is coming at you, all at once, from ev ... Read on »

Squamous Cell Carcinoma is One of the Dirtiest Things I Know by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Well, here we are. Dad’s mental state is deteriorating noticeably. He has this annoying new habit of laughing to himself when he disagrees with anything that is said ... Read on »

I'm Better Than I Think I Am (Most of the Time) by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia I’m going to touch on a subject I have talked about before. It’s probably the subject every caregiver hates most to talk about. It’s definitely something I hate to admit. I ... Read on »

On The Subject of... by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia ON THE SUBJECT OF SKILLS: My 13 year old has proven just how big his heart is lately, not to mention how sharp his mind is. He frequently asks Dad to play cards wi ... Read on »

Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Elton John wrote the music for and sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me", Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics. For a couple of months now, I have found myself singing thi ... Read on »

Worth the Read (Snagged from Cyberspace) by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when ... Read on »

"Jesus H. Christ in the Foothills" by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia The other day, Dad disappeared in the direction of his bedroom 11 different times over a 5 hour period. On average, he was back there 15-30 minutes each time. Each ... Read on »

I'm NOT Your Dad by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Sunday was Father’s Day. I put all of his gifts into a large gift bag; a new flag for the front yard (his is still good but living at the beach, they don’t last long) ... Read on »

Kidney Update & Dad Tries to Score a Date by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia On Friday (April 15th), we went to see the kidney specialist. We couldn't have hoped for better news than we got. Dad's lab work was amazingly good. His kidney fun ... Read on »

Home Health to the Rescue (My Rescue) by Just Shari Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Being a caregiver is a 24/7 job. You live your life for someone else, always putting their needs before your own. In a lot of ways, that’s the hardest part. It’s har ... Read on »

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