Revisiting Swiss Cheese Analogy
So many people (both living with dementia and care-partners or family) focus on abilities lost – but that is focus on the HOLES in the cheese.
Category Archives: Crucial
Anhedonia & Dementia
“anhedonia” literally translates to “without pleasure”, or Loss-of-Pleasure.
Taste part 2: Re-Heated Taste
I WISH this article was about making leftover foods delicious, but for ME taste has strongly changed.
Celebrate Success vs Despair
Actively LOOK for moments of success
For Best Concentration NEED Frequent Toilet Trips
Tru here. For most people, Best concentration happens when there are no distractions. i am trying to remember to make FREQUENT trips to the bathroom, because Pressure in bladder or bowels can distract from concentration needed in other everyday processes. . . Until dementia symptoms i did not need to think about swallow process, […]
Early Swallowing Problems
Tru here. . i have been dealing with slowly progressing dementia symptoms for over 20 years now. New symptoms are always traumatic. . … in past week have noticed unpredictable problems swallowing. Not at any specific time of day, etc.First it was SOMETIMES when swallowing pills, then sometimes when swallowing just a hot or cold […]
Color as Strategy
What our eyes see is interpreted by the brain, and this is probably a brain-failure issue.
Money Control with Dementia
my own experiences on negotiation of Money and HouseHold Finance issues
About Visits
Visit timing, communication, activities & memory issues.
Bath/Shower Needed
if this was My Mother, and she was having a hard time with idea of bathing, …
