When What Dementia Takes Away Is a Good Thing One of the gifts of dementia and memory loss is that traumatic things can be largely forgotten. And it’s not just that the event is forgotten, but even the emotional residue. This is not always true, but it is sometimes true. There has actually been a …
On Subsequently, and not Unrelatedly, My Recovering My Mother When I see my doctor for my annual check-up and the medical technician asks me what medications I am currently taking, there is often praise when I say that I take none. So far, I am lucky like that. At 46, it’s good luck and good …
Click Here for Part I. Click Here for Part II. On My Mother Losing Her Mind and My Not Losing My Brother When your mother lives three thousand miles from you and your relationship is not a particularly close one, it makes sense that when she attends your wedding, she is bound to introduce herself …
Introduction The Short Version: We have been successful in moving my mother from one memory care facility 2,000 and 3,000 miles away from her children to another one that is a 30 minute walk from my brother and a much shorter plane ride away from me. The True Version: It is just shy of five …