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Cognitive Decline – The Tribulations
<Stages of Decline series outline: fifth installment. Please subscribe to be alerted to each post and video in the series, and to help generate search engine publicity.> I am shifting the order within each stage of decline to present “Triumphs” … Continue reading
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Behavioral Decline – The Tribulations
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
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
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
Stages of Decline Series
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
An Important Discussion to Have
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
June 2022 Update
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
The ADT Journey – Final Days
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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The ADT Journey – Week 52
Week 52 will be my second to last post reliving our walk across the country from ten years ago. The final two days will be posted shortly after May 24, the tenth anniversary of when we finished the hike and … Continue reading
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The ADT Journey – Week 51
With the finish line in sight, our pace picked up through New Jersey. As this was not part of any official route we chose whatever local and state roads provided the most direct route. We encountered a diversity of people … Continue reading
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