We survived Thanksgiving!
Dad wasn’t thrilled we were having company for dinner because that meant he would have to be on his best behavior. All things considered, he was okay. Dad had a bit of an incident with Mom right before dinner and he “disappeared” the entire time our guests were here leading up to dinner. [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Post Thanksgiving
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Behavior, Christmas, Conversation, Dinner, Evening, medication, Sundowning, Thanksgiving on November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Australia, Caregivers, Cooking, Dinner, Doctor, Feast, Fixings, Happy Thanksgiving, Jesus, Nap, Thankful, Thanks, Thanksgiving, Turkey on November 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sister arrived last night from NYC. After a very late night and an early start we are tired but ready to cook. We are preparing a feast and will be having our next door neighbors over for dinner. I’m a little concerned with how Dad will be as he hasn’t been himself in a long [...]
Hell in a Handbasket
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Delusions, Difficult, Doctor, God, Jesus, Lewy Body Dementia, Lexapro, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Painful, Religion, Religous, Rituals, Seroquel, Side Effects, Stress, Symptoms, Tension on November 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I don’t know any other way to put it politely so I’ll just say it. Dad has been rather painful and difficult to deal with lately. Although he’s somewhat manageable and is definitely better than his past catatonic or combative days, he is quite the handful and we are all pretty stressed out.
Dad has developed some [...]
Care For The Family Caregivers
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Disease, Family, Family Caregivers, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, National Family Caregivers Month, November on November 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I recently wrote the below article for DivineCaroline. I figure every little bit helps to spread awareness about Lewy Body Dementia and National Family Caregivers Month. Unfortunately, DivineCaroline removed my LBD links I originally included within the article. Hopefully people will still go online to learn about it. Here’s the article:
Care For The Family [...]
Friends Asking Friends
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged campaign, Donate, Friends, Friends Asking Friends, Fundraising, LBDA, Lewy, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia Association, Lewy Body Dementias on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) has kicked off it’s annual fundraising campaign, ‘Friends Asking Friends’, in which it aims to raise money to fund the LBDA and its programs, research and services while raising awareness about the disease.
Please consider making a donation today by clicking HERE.
You can also ask your friends and family to [...]
Election Day
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Ballot, Confused, Election, Election Coverage, Historic, Prop, Vote on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We voted! Dad was excited to vote but this time we opted for vote by mail. We all thought it would be easier to vote at home and go over each prop separately so he can take his time and not feel rushed. He completed his ballot and off we went to drop it off. [...]
National Caregivers Month
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Advocates, Caregiver, Class, Communicate, Free, Healthcare, National Caregivers Month, National Family Caregivers Association, NFCA, November, Professionals on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
November is National Caregivers Month which is organized by the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA). The month is dedicated as a time to thank, encourage, educate and support family caregivers. Each year there is a theme and this year the NFCA is encouraging people to speak up. The effort is concentrating on teaching caregivers how [...]
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