My Caregiver After Life, Holiday Perceptive About Caring for Dotty and How This Might Help You

While we care we become attached to our loved in a way that is hard to describe. The emotion is enormous. It seemed to me that I was attached to my mom by an invisible umbilical cord.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomIt is that time of year again -  the Holiday's.If you have finished your caregiver journey this can be a really difficult time. A time filled with greatsadness. But is it reallysadness or great love - I'll get to this below.For those of you that are still caring this can also be a very difficult time. Some of you will be traveling or taking your loved one to a family affair. Sadly, some of you will be alone. I know what that feels like.Me? I took my journey - eight and a half years - 3,112 days. Amazingly that makes me about average when it comes to caring for a person living with dementia.Topic -When someone living with Alzheimer's believes something to be trueToday I am going to add some perspective andwrite about some of the things I learned on my long journey with my mom, Dotty.If hope you find this helpful.1. The Invisible Umbilical CordWhile we care we become attached to our loved on in a way that is hard to describe. The emotion is enormous. It seemed to me thatI was attached to my mom by an invisible umbilical cord. In this scenario we are the one(s) doing the nurturing, providing the care, and keeping our loved one attached to the world.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowI asked myself while living in Alzheim...
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