Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Love Story

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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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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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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The ADT Journey – Week 52

Posted on May 20, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on May 13, 2022 by admin

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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The ADT Journey – Week 50

Posted on May 7, 2022 by admin

What I remember most about the day we finished the ADT portion of our journey was working out the lyrics for the song I composed in my head back in Ohio, the song about kindness.  I came up with lyrics … Continue reading →

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