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There are hundreds of thousands of us. Pretending to remember. Hiding the fact that our memory escapes us. We are in our late forties and fifties, still plugging away in the corporate world, pretending we are the same, even as we know our productivity is slipping. We are in our sixties, seventies and eighties, wondering if our failing memories are normal and secretly comparing ourselves to others. Lots of us are afraid. Even more of us care for someone who is experiencing cognitive issues.
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February 22nd, 2010
Leave space here to discuss the costs of memory care.
What does Long Term Care or Assisted Living cost in your state? How much will a home health aide cost? Memory care can be expensive. Should you consider moving to another state? Guarantee Income Life Insurance Company has assembled a terrific chart which helps understand the big picture of how costs will differ in different states. Check out the Chart of Long Term Care Costs by State, then click to the Memory Care Directory to identify memory care providers in your state.
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August 20th, 2009
Is Work De-Constructing Your Brain?
Once upon a time work was a 9 to 5 proposition with a paid lunch break in the middle and a few 15 minute breaks at the coffee machine or the water fountain. Then the number crunchers decided that more profit was needed. The work day was expanded from 8 to 5 with an unpaid lunch break in the middle. “Not enough money!” shouted the executive VPs as they collected their bonuses. “Lay some of the indians off!”
And so it came to pass that the average Joe (sephine) found him/her self doing the work of four people. Then five.
But the brain needs rest to regenerate and function properly. And neurotransmitters are blocked by hormones released under stress. (Most infamous: cortisol, the stress induced hormone that also effects weight gain!) The cycle of stress induced hormones block brain transmissions, cause memory loss and inability to retain information. What’s a poor, un-bonused, multi-tasking, sandwich generation, middle aged worker to do??
Kick off the stress with some humor! Read the funny stories of others and submit your own story here!
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July 9th, 2010
Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s is progressive.
In the midst of the angst that accompanies the wrecked schedules (and sometimes wrecked lives) of caregivers, it is easy to become overwhelmed by stress and forget that this time is precious. Sure, dad might not be the same guy he always was. His moods are aggravating and his repetitive questions are sometimes enough to make you want to yell from a mountain. You don’t like him. And worse, you don’t like you. The guilt over your own feelings of helplessness-fury-incovenience- fear-whits end may even leave you thinking something much worse would be better. But these are precious moments. Precious time that will most certainly be gone. Time to love, laugh, cry together. Time to remember to the extent possible the good times. Time to forgive the bad times. Time. Precious time.
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July 8th, 2010
Memory Loss at Work
My boss and I both came to our present company, ABC Engineering, from the same company- Earthworks. How funny was it when he answered the phone “Earthworks- John Wilkinson here” !! Memory loss in his forties- and he is older than me!!
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June 14th, 2010
I learned something very upsetting when I visited the elder law attorney yesterday. That is: Changes can irreparably harm cognitive functioning.
Over the past six months, as my mother and I have adapted to her progressive memory difficulties, we have had a series of home health aides in to assist with memory care. Some have been caring and warm, but irresponsible with respect to her health needs- failing to recognize, for example, that reminding her to take her medicine “later” is not sufficient- later she will not remember. Others have been responsible with respect to her health needs, preparing nutritious meals and assisting personal and memory care- with no affect of caring or personal interest. Which is better? The gestapo that keeps her healthy or the wonderful companion who makes her laugh but leaves her sick a week later because she has not had necessary medicine? In an effort to find a home health aide memory care provider who is both caring and responsible, we have run through many. As it turns out, the continual changes may be as bad for her long term cognition as the inadequacies in caregiving she has experienced. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 4th, 2010
If you are like most of us, you were hard-wired not to lie. Telling a fib, no matter how trivial, makes you uncomfortable. Still, you know that sometimes it is kinder to lie. Like when your best friend who weighs 220 pounds expectantly asks if her new outfit makes her look “hot.” Or when your cousin asks if you enjoyed that great book on the the migrant patterns of whooping cranes that he gave you at Christmas. But what about when the lie that will “protect” is not so small or subjective? Read the rest of this entry »
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