?Are YOU My Husband?
… It occurred to me that I felt like “Little Chicken” in the book, and maybe should walk up to each table asking, “Are you my husband?” It was a very scary, ALONE feeling …
Category Archives: Symptoms
Introvert PWD Need for Social Activity
Summary: EACH PERSON’S NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT. Yes; we all need social interaction. However, As an introvert … Any interaction (especially any sound-interaction) needs to be sandwiched by a larger time period that I am alone in the silence. So what is “extraversion” or “introversion”, and why does it make a difference in my dementia symptoms or how they need to be handled?
First Time of Where am I
It is scary to realize I am losing … everything.
Misty Stenslie
Another friend is gone; Misty Stenslie Claassen was 43 years old.
Sleep Problems Again & Best Practices
I do all the best practices but I cannot sleep.
Partnership With Time
… I couldn’t even put together the words to ask what I needed …
Symptom Changes
Those members of my medical team who have gotten to know me well have seen a slow decline in these four years,
DRT for Communication: Erase / Re-Write Problems
SUMMARY: Erase/re-write skills are malfunctioning, so I am poor at task-transition. Suggest pre-planning with steps involved. While project is on-going, whenever a change in task or physical location is going to take place, verbally state “Now (my name) we are going to change task/location …” … then pause before instructions for next step. … *** … *** … *** … DETAIL […]
Sufferer Part 3; The Linguistic/Communication Issues
I still think term ‘sufferer’ gives teaching opportunity to say; “Did you realize this term has such a wide variety of usage meaning that it is currently polarizing the PWD and ‘care’ sector?”
Impact of Terrors and Dreams
Just because you didn’t see it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Because it DID happen … I saw it !
