Yearn for Childhood Home When my mom first began to ask “to go home,” I assumed she meant her “own” home. I thought she meant the home where she'd lived for many years before coming to live with my family. It took awhile to figure out I was wrong. She didn't remember the house that she'd lived in for 30 years before she came to live with us. She wanted to go to her childhood home, be with … [Read More...]
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Are you the Boss when Mom or Dad get Alzheimer’s or Dementia?
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Why Mom’s Shoes Need No Strings Attached Shoe strings are a nuisance and I have often wondered why they didn’t create Velcro before Stings. From the time we are young children, shoe strings are a … [Read More...]
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