After eleven days away, I returned home to discover I could no longer remember how to make my familiar protein drink. Living with dementia, even well-established routines can become inaccessible after an interruption. Sometimes coming home means spending days finding the connections that make ordinary life possible.
Headaches are not considered a defining symptom of most dementias, yet many people living with dementia describe them. This article explores what medical research currently knows, what remains uncertain, and what we can learn by listening carefully to lived experience.
After nearly three years away from blogging, Truthful Loving Kindness has resumed writing due to a regained access to blog administration. Despite cognitive decline, the blog has garnered significant views. Improvements in personal health and ongoing construction projects are highlighted, along with a focus on maintaining hope while managing dementia.
My understanding of anything other than touch is very VERY temporary …
… For eating, today i need mostly finger food or sippy-cup soup. …
Sometimes, a day arrives when it is okay to let go of self-expectations and behaviors that we had chosen with our fully-reasoning brain; returning to traditions from younger, less complicated time of life without guilt.
Toileting issues of Color, Lighting, Recognition, and Hand-Coordination.
When finding a gift for a person living with dementia, often one of the thoughts is a “helpful” gift. Of course choosing a “helpful” gift is very dependent on several factors. …
… Loads of things can go wrong after a cognitive event, so requires close supervision during first few days …
it obliterates my sense of SELF which is integral to my well-being.
