Trick O’ Treat!
Daylight savings ends on the first Sunday of November so don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour when you go to sleep tonight. It’s also a good time to check your smoke alarms and make sure they’re still working.
Archive for October, 2009
Happy Halloween
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Halloween, Happy on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrating Three Years… Or Five
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Anniversary, Baseball, Dad, Date, Married, Memories, Wedding, Years on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today my Husband and I are celebrating our three year wedding anniversary. After talking with Dad, he has informed us that we’re wrong and it’s our five year wedding anniversary. At first I was trying to correct him but there was no reasoning with him. I just went with it and said yeah, married three [...]
Word For Word
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Dad, Family, Health, Lewy, Phone, Speech, Talk on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Lately when I talk with Dad on the phone he repeats everything back to me, practically word for word. I’m not sure if he’s doing it because he’s making sure he hears everything correctly, or, he’s not able to focus on the conversation so he parrots what you say as if he’s able to follow [...]
Healthcare Reform
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Care, Caregiving, Family, Family Caregivers, Health, Healthcare, National Caregivers Month, National Family Caregivers Association, National Family Caregivers Month on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The below is from the National Family Caregivers Association website. You can also find it here.
HEALTHCARE REFORM IS GOOD FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS
October 2009 — Yes, healthcare reform is good for all family caregivers and their loved ones.
It’s as simple as that. None of the plans currently being discussed in Congress are perfect. There definitely could [...]
Getting Worse
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Bad, Dad, Difficult, Family, Hallucinations, Sleep, Worried on October 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mom has been having quite a difficult time with Dad lately. His hallucinations are constant and terrifying, and, the lack of sleep is quite a problem. As frustrating and worrisome it is for Mom in dealing with Dad’s latest cycle of hallucinations and sleeplessness, we all can’t help but wonder what Dad must be feeling [...]
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