January 2, 2015: Mom gets up after I helped her to bed

If there is one major problem caregivers of a loved one with dementia face that nearly all people know about, it’s likely that of midnight wandering. In November prior to this, I was confronted with Mom getting lost in the neighbourhood but two months later I was well into a ‘new normal’ that would include… Continue reading January 2, 2015: Mom gets up after I helped her to bed

December 4, 2014: Mom comes home from a hospital visit

I spent the first several months in a strange, awful daze. Never mind the problems I had never dealt with– incontinence, non-delerium confusion, attempts to navigate her own neighbourhood falling apart– but she was also leaving me as a person who would have either insight or a leading role in answering historical family questions. I… Continue reading December 4, 2014: Mom comes home from a hospital visit

November 14, 2014: Mom has been home for two weeks

In this time and place, Mom was going through extreme difficulties in making the transition from living mostly independently in the Retirement Residence called the Mullberry. Owing to escalating cognitive problems– as well as a manager that had been hired and proceeded over a few months to evict several elders, harass a few others into… Continue reading November 14, 2014: Mom has been home for two weeks