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How I met my mother: dementia brought back her true self

by External Article | Sep 25, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Long Distance Caregiving, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

My father’s father talked to everyone, including the figurines on the sideboard, and he sometimes saw the ships he’d worked on as chief engineer sail across the field behind our neighbour’s house. My mother’s mother stopped speaking, also to her husband, who she...

Stolen Years: Learning How to Fight Lewy Body Dementia

by Guest Author | Jun 2, 2020 | Caring for a Grandparent, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving | 1 comment

A month before my grandfather William passed away, I sat beside him in the hospital, pushing a roll of uneaten sushi around a plastic plate. The rest of my family had gone in search of coffee while I remained behind, an increasingly regretful volunteer. My appetite...

In Honor of Mother’s Day: Stories about moms

by External Article | May 11, 2018 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Long Distance Caregiving, Occasional Caregiving | 0 comments

A year after rehab, Jamie Brickhouse is struggling with a relapse as his mother starts to deteriorate. Normally she’s so put together, but during his parents visit to see him in NYC, it’s clear that she’s not herself anymore. After police encounters...