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A Granddaughter's Caring Journal; My journey with Gram and how I contributed to her walk into the sunset, sometimes funny, sometimes we shed a tear or three, and always dear to our hearts and embedded into our soul.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'brain gym'
Neurobics Coming Soon
The Latest in Mental Health: Working Out at the 'Brain Gym I would like this as part of the offerings at Chelsea Health & Wellness Center, sounds like I'll have to wait though. The term Neurobics is really catchy don't you agree? However, if ...
The Whole Brain Atlas
Titled: I'm Mad as Hell Jack O. Summers remarks on his piece (left): "Recycled materials and historical images are of continuing interest and inspiration to me. The interactions between historical and contemporary images remind me of the consisten...
So Far So Good, Enduring Aricept Saga
Day 26 on Aricept.So what's changed, a little I have say from my perspective, but it's significant in our lives at this time. Gram hasn't noticed anything different. I've asked her so much for the first few days, nearly drove myself crazy. Nothing...
Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Prevented?
NIA Booklet Looks at Alzheimer's Disease Prevention Research Many people want to know how to keep their minds sharp and avoid Alzheimer's disease (AD) when they get older. "Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Prevented?," a newly updated booklet from the...
Mark My Calendar - Michiganders
13th Edna Gates Conference on Dementia CareA Premier Regional Dementia Education Program: Creative Approaches for Life Enrichment in Dementia Care. Promising Areas of Innovation, Practice and Evidence-Based Research.The 13th Annual Edna Gates Confe...
It Ain't Oprah's Book Club - Current Book
The Myth of Alzheimer'sWhat You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded DiagnosisThis book has transformed my mumble jumbo into coherent AD language. Speaks to really transform what you may think about all that is Alzheimer's Disease and what it...
Tweet, Chirp, Burp - Aricept Day 5
No earth moving results thus far.No known negative side effects felt by Gram are reported, still feels great until we talk about yesterday's therapy. No amazing mental transformation either. Not a physical complaint until we were greeted by our happ...
So Far So Good, Now We Wait
Started Aricept today. Gram had coffee, surprisingly a larger than normal bowl of Cheerios (oh say nearly 1 cup) with 2% milk, then took first dose at 9:30 am; 5 mg along with other morning pills and a new Fentanyl patch. I've been checking with he...
Early Detection/Early Diagnosis: A Benefit Or A Burden
From the inside looking out - a personal view on the what the stages of AD are from Mike who's in the Early Stage of Alzheimer's Disease. Mike and I are members of DASN, a yahoo email group. Mike another Midwesterner wrote:"DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S...
Sharing Another Worth My Time Find
Sometimes surfing the net is like browsing through a resale shop with Gram. We still have fun doing that and having lunch at a cafe. Although when we resale shop these days, we are usually looking for a bargain rather than a find. What warm though...
Dad Likes This One
Ellen from Alzheimer's Caregiving Yahoo Group sent this in an email, usually I read then press delete, rarely do I forward any but this one got a good smirk out of me. I thought others might too. I don't know who create it but I sure do relate. So...
21 Grand
Shouting out Gram's surprise, "Twenty-one, you've got to be kidding me!" So we counted and wrote them down (part of a brain gym exercise and so is this post).Here's the grand tree:9 GrandchildrenTerrilee (that's me) I'm the first and the grandest!, ...
What A Day!
What doesn't ail me today? My eyebrow's I tell you. It's been a long day. Started off early with a fabulous cardiac stress test for myself at University of Michigan. I had Gram stay home by herself even though I really wanted a companion to hold ...
Simple Brain Gym Exercises at CognitiveLabs.com
Common try it, test your immediate memory. By clicking the blue box - a new window or tab (you choose) will launch to the cognitivelabs site....
No More Power Lift Chair Potato, Gram's Gotta Exercise!
Today, we began the first of many 14 mile trips to physical therapy to increase Gram's endurance as well as strength since her hip replacement. After the horrific routine of home therapy where I was the sacrificial lamb for setting up her torture ev...
