27 Months Without Mommy
Caregiving For Dementia
This is just an update of the family. 27 Months after losing Mommy!
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Life After Caregiving Part 2
Caregiving For Dementia
This Episode is a continuation of what went on after Mommy was picked up.
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Life After Care Giving
Caregiving For Dementia
This is the first of a few episodes that goes through what you may feel right immediately after your loved one passes away. There's not a whole lot of show notes of these episodes it's just me talking about what happened immediately after mommy's death. What I thought would happen that didn't and that kind of thing. I hope these few episodes help you get along for a few months immediately following your loved one's death.
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A Happy Thanksgiving Message
Caregiving For Dementia
This episode is a brief message to all those who are still downloading the podcast happy Thanksgiving to all
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Caregiving journey ended
Caregiving For Dementia
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The hardest talk a family can never have.
Caregiving For Dementia
Episode # 93 There comes a time in caregivers journey that they know time is very close to running out. We hear caregiving for dementia have realized that fact. The past five days Mama has not eat anything at all, the past four days Mama has not drank anything, and for the past three days Mama’s been very hard to wake up at all. When she is awake it’s about two minutes and she’s right back out. Mamas, breathing has also changed its no longer normal breathing. Doesn’t look the same, doesn’t sound the same as the normal breathing does Mama breeze through her mouth...
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Things we take for granted as Caregivers
Caregiving For Dementia
Episode #92 Show Notes There are so many things in life that normal people take for granted. This becomes more apparent the longer you take care of your loved one. There are things that I take for granted because there things that come natural to me that Mama can no longer do for herself. Mama can no longer wash her face, brush her hair, brush her teeth, or even talk. Mama tries so hard to talk to us and you can see the frustration in her face as she tries to say something and can’t. Mama tries to hold a cup of something to drink and because of her Parkinson’s she...
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Caregiving Mistakes,Regrets
Caregiving For Dementia
In your caregiving a lot of times you do things in the heat of the moment. After time goes by you wonder whether or not what you did was the right thing to do.
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Caregiving Mistakes/Regrets
Caregiving For Dementia
Episode #91 Show Notes In your caregiving a lot of times you do things in the heat of the moment. After time goes by you wonder whether or not what you did was the right thing to do. A lot of caregivers won’t tell you everything that they go through in their caregiving. I am one of those people who won’t tell you every little thing that goes on in in the house with the caregiving I am one that won’t tell you what Mama has done to us I won’t tell you what we’ve done to Mama. What I tried to do in this podcast is tell you what we do and what we don’t do because...
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Know It All Doctors
Caregiving For Dementia
While in your caregiving journey there will be a lot of things that happened that you don’t understand. I know when not when we first started there was a whole lot that went on that we didn’t understand there’s a whole lot that I haven’t gone into with this podcast that went on when Mama first got dementia. That’s one reason why I started this podcast
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This episode
is about some feelings I have after reading some Facebook support group posts.
Some news from a very old friend that reinforces the thought that dementia
kills. I also asked the question whether or not we are taking care Mama
correctly or not.
A lot of
times I get into the support groups on Facebook and the post that some people
make often get me upset after reading them, because those post are sometimes
nothing more than complaining about every day, normal things that happen when
your caregiving for someone. Often times I forget the ones that are caregiving
for someone else’s loved one. Although at the time, it does not stop me from
getting upset.
I’ve
received some news from a very old friend that I haven’t talked to since I have
been 17 years old that just reinforces the fact that dementia kills. I learned
about 3 months ago that this friend’s mother had dementia unfortunately she
lost her battle with dementia on Monday night. I reached out to the old friend
and we had approximately and hours conversation. About her mom and how things
were going with her dad, now that her mom had passed.
While caregiving for someone, you always have in the back to your mind. The question is this right, in my taking care of this person correctly? Should I or shouldn’t I do this. These are questions that only you can answer as your taking care of the one that you're taking care of your the only one that knows whether or not it would be easier for you or easier for them with your decisions.