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If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know that my mother suffered from Lewy body dementia (LBD), a cruel combination of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s symptoms, and I became her primary caregiver. Sacrificing...
The exciting day is here! My new book, I’m Your Daughter, Julie: Caring for a Parent with Dementia is now available on Amazon. This is the fourth book I’ve had published, but the one that I’m...
As regular readers of my blog know, my Mom suffered from Lewy Body dementia – a cruel combination of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. I was her primary caregiver until her death in June and have...
Saturday night, my Mom passed away. Hospice had told us that Mom would probably die three to seven days after we started morphine treatments. On day six, Mom began pausing between breaths and our...
My Mom is dying. I’ve known this for several days now, but this is the first time I’ve written down the devastating, heartbreaking words. These past few weeks have been a nightmare. As readers...
Caregiving just got much more difficult for me. A couple of weeks ago, my Mom had an hallucination that scared her and got out of bed at midnight while we were sleeping. She forgot...
Grief takes many forms. A few weeks ago, I watched Julianne Moore’s Oscar winning performance in Still Alice with tears in my eyes. As I’ve shared before in this blog, my mother has Lewy...
In Part One of this series, I discussed my mother’s recent diagnosis with Lewy body dementia (LBD) and her symptoms which are similar to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. In Part Two, I shared what I’ve...
As I shared in my last blog, recently my Mom was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (LBD). This news didn’t come as a big surprise since my Mom was having symptoms that included as...
Yesterday, my Mom was diagnosed by a neurologist with Lewy body dementia (known as LBD or DLB). The diagnosis was not a surprise. Her regular doctor had told us she had some form of...
