My father's 1253-day journey through Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and my feelings about it. My parents have both died and this blog is over, but it's staying up forever. Thank you for reading.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Alzheimer's gifts (patients and caregivers)
Here's a link to a store which provides all kinds of items suitable for gifting to someone with AD or that person's caregiver.
Great site, thanks for posting. I may order some stuff for my father-in-law who is taking care of my mother-in-law...I had to tell him about Depends, he didn't even know they had adult diapers. So there may be a lot of helpful stuff here.
Rezidential Center for the Elderly - Maria - first professional center for the elderly in Brasov, Romania offers Alzheimer patients around the clock care at excellent standards
My father's 1253-day journey through Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and my feelings about it. All material is copyrighted by Gevera Bert Piedmont (except where noted and where quoted from other sources); please do not repost without permission.
"The cost of Alzheimer's? Everything you ever owned, everything you ever thought you would get, and things you never even thought about."
"It's a long, slow slide into oblivion, with no brakes."
"If this was a paper journal, the ink would be running with tears."
"Imagine a really beautiful, perfect statue, left out in the wind and rain for centuries, to be worn away, until it’s only retained the shape of a person, not any of the individuality. That’s what Alzheimer’s did to my father. It wore him away, all the sharp edges and crisp points that made him Bob, who loved his family and his pets and his raspberry bushes, and turned him into a fearful person with a vague and confused stare."
"It's a nasty disease, surrounded by shadows and small, largely unseen tragedies."--Terry Pratchett
My parents
This is a reminder that Alzheimer's disease affects real people, real families. My dad wasn't a monster, just a man whose brain was slowly eaten by a terrible disease.
3 comments:
Great site, thanks for posting. I may order some stuff for my father-in-law who is taking care of my mother-in-law...I had to tell him about Depends, he didn't even know they had adult diapers. So there may be a lot of helpful stuff here.
While people may have different views still good things should always be appreciated. Yours is a nice blog. Liked it!!!
Rezidential Center for the Elderly - Maria - first professional center for the elderly in Brasov, Romania offers Alzheimer patients around the clock care at excellent standards
http://www.azilbatranibrasov.ro
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