When you’re a caregiver for your loved one with dementia your role in the family dynamics often times reverses. Here’s a personal look at how I felt my mom wasn’t Mom anymore. My mom’s birth name was Barbara Jean. However, she went by many other names. My dad called her Bob. My cousins called her […]
What Day is It? – Dementia & the Perception of Time
It was several years into Mom’s dementia journey when her difficulty with time perception really became evident. I’m sharing what I noticed about Mom and suggestions for you to try with your loved one. Dementia and Time Confusion Do dementia patients have trouble with time perception? Yes. Why? That’s beyond the scope of this post […]
An Etsy Shop for Dementia Printables
What kind of dementia printables would you find in an Etsy store? Read on to check it out . . . . I had been tossing around the idea of starting an Etsy shop and finally towards the end of February 2022, I decided to go for it and opened with 2 products. Continuing with […]