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A 2021 GUIDE TO ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA What You Need To Know, And What New Research Says.​ Reprinted with permission from https://www.toprehabs.com/alzheimers-dementia/ ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are two conditions that affect a person’s memory and ability to function in daily life. Although the conditions have some shared symptoms, each can affect the brain in different ways. Let’s examine the different dementia types, how alcohol abuse affects each, and risk factors. Defining Dementia Dementia is the umbrella term for...

by Litsa Williamshttps://whatsyourgrief.comNo two ways about it, Father’s Day is pretty much my least favorite holiday. In fact, I pretty much hate the month of June in general. My father spent his last Father’s Day unconscious and vented in an ICU and died the next week.Every year Father’s Day creeps up on me. When I realize it’s coming I start wanting to avoid, knowing darn well what a bad idea that is. I have given and taken advice for coping...

by Kelly FarleyWell, as much as I don’t like to think about Father’s Day, it’s kind of hard to ignore it.  All of the advertisements are in full swing on social media, websites, tv, radio and everywhere else I look.  It’s not that I am afraid of this day, I just don’t really know how to handle it.  I don’t have any living children to spend time with so I generally just spend quiet time with my wife.  Most of...

by Nancy Bernshttp://www.nancyberns.comThis Mother’s Day, I look forward to sharing it with my amazing daughters. They are the world to me, and I am honored to be their mom.I am also a mother to my son, Zachariah, who was stillborn 11 years ago. I share this post in hope that mothers who are grieving the loss of a child will find solace in knowing you are not alone.After encountering another mom at the cemetery one spring day, I wrote this...

by Angela Millerhttps://abedformyheart.com/ Child loss is a loss like no other. One often misunderstood by many. If you love a bereaved parent or know someone who does, remember that even his or her “good” days are harder than you could ever imagine. Compassion and love, not advice, are needed. If you’d like an inside look into why the loss of a child is a grief that lasts a lifetime, here is what I’ve learned in my seven years of trekking...

By Eleanor Haleyhttps://whatsyourgrief.com I have a daughter who is three years old.  She sees the world in a delightful way.  Everything is pink and sparkly. Yesterday she walked up to me with a skeptical look and asked, “Where is your mother?” Hmmm…I paused for a minute wondering where this question came from.  After a moment I simply responded, “she died”. “Oh,” she said “I wonder when she’s going to get up and feel better again”…and with that she waltzed away...

by Sue Ryderhttps://www.sueryder.org We all find it hard to cope when someone we love dies. Helping a child to cope with the loss of someone they love can be particularly difficult when you are dealing with your own grief. But there are things that you can do to support children through this difficult time. Just like adults, children go through a process of grief. And just as there’s no rulebook for being a parent, there’s no rulebook for how they...

by Nancy Bernshttp://www.nancyberns.com A beautiful pine tree, slowly dying, stood in our front yard. Realizing we would lose the tree brought sadness. My daughters enjoyed sitting on its low branches, especially when watching for their grandparents to arrive.  It was their waiting place. My eight-year-old daughter knew that the tree was going to be cut down. Still, when the day came, it was tough on her. A few minutes before we needed to leave for school, she went to the...

by Taylor SwiftI remember your bare feet down the hallwayI remember your little laughRace cars on the kitchen floorPlastic dinosaurs, I love you to the moon and backI remember your blue eyes looking into minelike we had our own secret clubI remember you dancing before bed timethen jumping on me waking me upI can still feel you hold my handLittle man, from even that moment I knewYou fought it hard like an army guyRemember I leaned in and whispered to...

by Lisa K. Boehm https://www.lisakboehm.com Up until the day my 17 year old daughter died, I hadn't experienced intense grief. I had lost elderly grandparents, whom I felt sadness for, but never have I experienced grief that rips your heart in half and nearly tears your family apart. While it is a fact that none of us will live forever, death always comes as a shock whether it follows illness or happens suddenly.  Before we lost Katie in a car...

by Maria Kubitzhttps://www.aliveinmemory.org   On September 30, it will be ten years since you died. Ten years isn’t very long in the grand scheme of things. But considering you died at the tender age of four, it feels like so much more. Memories of you have already begun to fade. Evidence of your very existence is far and few between. Clothes you wore, things you cherished, and art you created all fit into a few small bins. Bins that have...

I Want You to Know Who I Am So many people pass through our lives throughout our lifetime.  Some barely register on our radar, others leave deep imprints upon our lives and hearts.  Only some make us feel like we are truly known, and allow us to know them as well.  But how much do we really need to know about someone to feel as though we know them? This month Pat shares with us her take on what it...