“Old age comes at a bad time! When you finally know everything, you start to forget everything you know.” (source unknown) The Grand Dame of our family (we’ll call her “Ella”), 93 years old, has had a rough past five years: She has broken both hips, broke her foot,...
Elder Care Planning
What You Think You Know
For the past few years, I have been taking care of my mom. In July of 2017, she fell and broke her hip and was in rehabilitation for two months. Then about six months later, our family noticed her memory was slipping. In December of 2018, she was diagnosed with lung...
Dear Brother and Sister…
Dear Brother and Sister, Recently, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Caring and Coping caregiver workshop put on by Alzheimer’s Tennessee. I want to share with you some of the things I learned. We have to learn to live in her reality now. She is not...