The results are now so conclusive, about football and brain injury, that no responsible parent should even consider allowing their …Read the Rest
Tag: Alzheimer’s Disease
Life in Perspective
I had a rant and rave ready for today, but forget that. My family is reeling from the revelation that …Read the Rest
What If It’s ‘Fake’ Science?
“…“The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies …Read the Rest
Today Is My Father’s Birthday
My father would be 91 today. He lost his battle with Alzheimer’s on October 18. Every year, on his birthday, …Read the Rest
Obesity, Longevity, & Dementia
We’ve all heard the quip, die young and leave a beautiful corpse. I guess, when a person is obese, but …Read the Rest
More on Elder Abuse
About ten years ago, a wonderful woman I knew, who was quite elderly, but extremely with it, was ill. Her …Read the Rest
An Open Letter to Lindsey
Dear Lindsey; We have been friends for many years. I was the second person you called when you first decided …Read the Rest
Life Goes On
Yeah, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra La-la how the life goes on Yeah, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra …Read the Rest
The Problem of Harper Lee & Other Seniors
Having spent the past four years of my life dealing with my father, who had Alzheimer’s Disease, and my mother …Read the Rest
The One Constant
After dozing through The Man Who Came to Dinner, which is, arguably, not only one of the greatest comedies ever …Read the Rest
Robin Williams, Dementia, and Suicide
Robin Williams had Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. From what has been reported in the news, he was beginning …Read the Rest
The Low Family Tolerance Edition
Right about now I really don’t like my family. I can, with all candor, report the feeling is mutual. No, …Read the Rest
My Father’s Service
When I first began blogging, I would do like everyone else, to get in on the topic of the day. …Read the Rest
Sugar Is NOT Toxic!
Believe it or not, there are things in this world worse than soda, sugar, and obesity. Oh, you say? But, …Read the Rest
My Father’s (June 11, 1924 – October 28, 2014) Last Day
As a genealogies, there is something quite useful about someone whose life falls in nice, easily calculated decades. As I …Read the Rest
When Family Care-Givers Become Non-Persons
My mother stopped eating. My father has Alzheimer’s. The past couple nights, he refused to eat dinner. My mother is …Read the Rest
I Don’t Know What to Do
My mother is dying, slowly, one day at a time. She doesn’t have cancer. She isn’t even terminal. Her back …Read the Rest
Life With Aging Parents – the Self Sacrifice Edition
It had dawned on me that those who have a tendency to wax poetic about a family member who is …Read the Rest
Thinking Beyond the Box
If I were the only one dealing with senior citizen parents and the financial disaster which has engulfed our culture …Read the Rest
An Alzheimer’s Based Dinner Conversation
This evening’s dinner conversation was a bit interesting. For background, I’ve been talking to my mother about the incident of …Read the Rest
Watching a Parent Decline – Needlessly
Years ago, when I was in college, my parents were horrified when my grandmother Froehlich (Nana) called my mother to …Read the Rest
Joan Rivers, Medical Horror & Seniors
Even back in the mid-1970s, people who did not know my mother thought she was Joan Rivers. They had the …Read the Rest
No Longer Able to Feel
No Longer Quivering had a link to a wonderful piece by Lana Hope called I Lost a Part of Me …Read the Rest
Sixty-three Years Is a Lifetime
Today, my parents celebrate their 63rd Anniversary, if you can call it celebrating. My father, who turned 90 in June, …Read the Rest
Yet Another Alzheimer’s Rant
It should be noted that not everyone who has Alzheimer’s Disease is like my father, who is mild mannered, well …Read the Rest
Growing Old With Dignity
Do you know what a person with Stage 6 Alzheimer’s Disease looks like? Maybe you don’t. By the time a …Read the Rest
Living With Seniors
There is this pithy saying that getting old is not for sissies. Well, it’s like this, taking care of those …Read the Rest
Alzheimer’s & Habits
A friend once mentioned to me that his former minister had developed AD. He said the man’s mouth was foul, …Read the Rest
The Last Real Birthday?
My father is 90 today. As I start working on the blog, it’s midnight. Every year, until the past five …Read the Rest
Feeling Robbed
Friday morning, I saw a headline from The Hill. Bob Dole is pissed about the VA. Well, I’m pissed about …Read the Rest