Alzheimer’s Care givers

First Times With Her Boys

I read Lynne the poem First Hour by Sharon Olds about a newborn’s first thoughts before being taken to mother. Lynne remembered each of her

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Never Run Out of Smiles

Lyne called. You said I’d like this place.
I do. Activities, care, safe. Staff love you. You’ve got a hard job to walk. You’ve

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Did We Ask Too Much?

Early before Lynne’s 2nd birthday party, she was crying, anxious, didn’t want to go.
Why? Confined? Lonely? Isolated? Trapped? Embarrassed?
Caregiver Dorothy and

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Lynne’s 55th Birthday Party

Caregivers for Lynne, with advanced Alzheimer’s dementia, celebrated a 55th birthday with a two-day Zoom party with family, and friends, and caregivers sharing memories, gifts,

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Grateful for a Hug and a Walk

Strict protocols to avoid Covid infection provided an outdoor walk and indoor hug for a resident with Alzheimer’s dementia in memory care. We are grateful

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Mrs Santa Claus on December 1

Lynne remembered her mother put up Christmas decorations every December 1. A favorite of Lynne’s was the Mrs. Santa Claus doll her Grammy Greenwood made.

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Maybe It’s Alzheimer’s

Behaviors change for caregivers and people with Alzheimer’s dementia with declines in cognition and sleep during fall’s longer nights and time changes

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