Okay, I am still at it. Will "tweak" this and become more familiar with the tricks this weekend. In the meantime, my main purpose is to talk about Mom here. If you are not familiar with Alzheimer's yet, I really hope that you will take a few minutes to go to http://alzheimers.about.com/ or some other site to learn more about it. You will learn about the risk factors and the stages of Alzheimer's. It will help you see my mom as we do. There are seven stages of Alzheimer's. Mom has characteristics of a strong 6. I'll go into that at another time.
In the meantime, I want you to know that she is very healthy. No visits to emergency rooms or doctors for quite some time! Mom is here at the house during the day with one of two different caregivers we hire to play with her and take her out to lunch, Wal-Mart and dollar stores during the week. She thinks they are her friends who come to spend time with her and hang out. They make sure she is safe and nourished. Yes, they sit with her most of the day and color in her books with her or do some other simple craft that we shop for. On nice days they sit outside in the gazebo or on the swing. Mom cannot for the life of her remember their names! We have tried association, putting their name on a piece of paper in her pocket and writing it down by her breakfast. They don't take it personally because they know that she does not know my name either! Mom is quite content most days. On those days she is not, I will surely describe her differently to you! For tonight, after dinner she and I worked on some Christmas angel coloring projects before I got her to the shower and into bed. Oh! I forgot to tell you about the title of this blog! I'll save that for another day. Goodnight!
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