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Cognitive Decline – The Trials

Posted on March 28, 2023 by admin

Stages of Decline series outline: fourth installment.  After these outlines are posted I will provide video podcasts of the same themes in a more entertaining and informational format. Please subscribe to this blog to be alerted to each post in … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Decline – The Tribulations

Posted on March 11, 2023 by admin

This is the third outline for the Stages of Decline series.  Our experiences as a dementia patient and caregiver spouse are condensed into bullet points to provide helpful insights for others who might find themselves in a similar situation.  After … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Decline – The Triumphs

Posted on February 23, 2023 by admin

This is the second outline for the Stages of Decline series.  Our experiences as a dementia patient and caregiver spouse are condensed into bullet points to provide helpful insights for others who might find themselves in a similar situation.  After … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Decline – The Trials

Posted on February 8, 2023 by admin

This is the first outline for the Stages of Decline series.  Our experiences as a dementia patient and caregiver spouse are condensed into bullet points to provide helpful insights.  After presenting outlines for the twelve themes of the series, video … Continue reading →

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Stages of Decline Series

Posted on January 27, 2023 by admin

During 2023 I plan to take up video casting as a project to keep me sane, starting with a series on different stages of dementia.  Each stage will be broken into three sections corresponding to Trials, Triumphs and Tribulations.  Until … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2023

Posted on January 3, 2023 by admin

In 2022 I blogged about our 2011-2012 walk across the country again, this time sharing the adventure while acknowledging Cindy’s cognitive decline as a motivating factor for the journey.  That ended in June and I submitted less than a handful … Continue reading →

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An Important Discussion to Have

Posted on November 18, 2022 by admin

The topic of nursing homes has been broached in the Sinclair family, with suggestions that I should be open to the idea of placing Cindy in one.  As an important topic for almost every family at some point I share … Continue reading →

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Coverage at Last!

Posted on October 1, 2022 by admin

This blog began with our walk across the country from 2011-2012, revisiting that journey again last year.  In between I reported on our hike of the PCT and how Cindy and I have done our best to live well despite … Continue reading →

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June 2022 Update

Posted on June 29, 2022 by admin

A year ago I began a review of our walk across the country, from May 2011-May 2012.  I retold our story by being open about Cindy’s cognitive decline at the time, a decline that reversed during the hike but resumed … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Final Days

Posted on May 24, 2022 by admin

We hung around the Housatonic Valley Association’s office long enough to greet the staff when they came into work.  They gave us each a new HVA cap, prompted to do so by the condition of my current HVA cap from … Continue reading →

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