Tru here. Please remember, each person’s experience with dementia can be widely different. Not only are there many different kinds of dementia (with Alzheimer’s in the lead), but some doctors say that most people with dementia have a mixture of several types of dementia, each in different amounts. Additionally, individual personality, motivations and life experiences create unique dementia […]
… Since I learned from those who went before me and led the way, …
Wisps of thought … gone.
This has become my “go to” book, when folks ask me for my favorite book about dementia.
Tru here. The newest DEMENTIA MENTORS dot com video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcv-CtYdrwE includes the one I did on exercise in the beginning stages of dementia. Pass it on! Text listed below: Text: I exercise to keep relationships with the ones I love. We don’t give medical advice so I will just tell you about my exercise as a […]
Tru here. I have begun posting memoir pages at right upper corner of this website, found under top header; some browsers show it as a drop-down tab labeled “Bits ‘n Pieces … Memoirs”. My husband’s iPad shows it as a drop-down menu icon in upper right corner with no title, beside the search magnifying glass icon. Inside that drop-down […]
Tru here. Joseph Curl’s editorial in Washington Times of Sunday, July 20, 2014 is titled, “The politics of death and dying” and discusses the issue of dementia. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/20/curl-the-politics-of-death-and-dying/#comment-1513965074. My response, posted July 30, 2014, is below: Like many other dementia patients (those of us still able to read and write), I am offended by the […]
Recognize, grieve, … and continue writing.
Tru here. Discussion of terminology for care is a hot-topic all the way around. These are my personal thoughts regarding the term “service user”: In my experience the problem is not the impersonal nature of the term “service user”, but rather the consuming nature of the term. We are the “user”, “consumer”, etc. Our care […]
Tru here. I have a couple dementia friends feeling desperately helpless, desperately scared, and unwilling to impose this life onto their loved ones who are willing to be their “care-givers”. Maybe you are feeling desperate too. Some have said they rely on my positive “sunshine” and I have a message to you: My “sunshine” is […]
Truthful Loving Kindness 