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Letting Go: Part 2 — When it’s time for palliative care

My husband’s dementia has provided me with an early education in healthcare topics I’d just as soon have waited to learn.

6d ago

Letting Go: Part 2 — When it’s time for palliative care

6d ago

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How to cut an onion without crying

Or how to be more flexible in a new relationship.

Jul 8

How to cut an onion without crying

Jul 8

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Letting Go: Part 1 — Black vomit

Our paths have diverged. This is one of the most bizarre aspects of dementia.

Jul 1

Letting Go: Part 1 — Black vomit

Jul 1

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Joy again? Life is sneaky like that.

The decision to date would turn out to be the easy part.

Jun 24

Joy again? Life is sneaky like that.

Jun 24

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Away from your family to take care of mine

Once a year, they leave for three weeks or a month. Where do they go? They go home, of course, to visit their families in the Philippines.

Jun 17

Away from your family to take care of mine

Jun 17

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Finally, a better home for my husband

Often we select care homes based on where we would like to live. Our decisions are not always based on what our loved ones need or desire.

Jun 10

Finally, a better home for my husband

Jun 10

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Searching for a better home for my husband

When I was in my early twenties, rentals became available by word-of-mouth. Now rooms become available when someone dies.

Jun 3

Searching for a better home for my husband

Jun 3

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When my husband’s care home took a header

Our son, Jackson, was visiting from Chicago when I began to see that resident care at Daylight Senior Living and Memory Care was declining…

May 27

When my husband’s care home took a header

May 27

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This isn’t actually a date, is it?

Will kept turning up.

May 20

This isn’t actually a date, is it?

May 20

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Diddling around the edges of online dating

I folded myself into the cradle of my gray-blue recliner with my laptop resting on a pillow on my thighs. I developed a ritual. Open the…

May 14

Diddling around the edges of online dating

May 14

Sharon Kirk

Sharon Kirk

Author of @HereAndNotHereBlog. Chronicling our family’s journey with my husband’s dementia.HereAndNotHere.com.Retired from renewable energy sector. Hit FOLLOW.

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