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Okay, so more than a year has passed and I still have no clue how to answer the simple question “Now What?” After 10 years of eldercare and daily interaction with my parents through the veil of dementia and the infirmity of old age, I’ve lost all connection with the person that I was before [...] I decided to take a walk this morning, even though the weather was threatening. I was thinking about dad. One of the last things that he could really take pleasure in was taking a walk through the neighborhood. I was remembering him as I walked our familiar route. On the walk, with the cold spring wind [...] Dad died on November 12th, 2010. The last five months have been a blur for me. I can’t imagine that it is uncommon for caregivers to experience a period of “wandering”. I’m 52 years old and have been entirely focused on caring for my parents for the last 10 years. Now what? I’m living in a house [...] Yogi Berra said “The future ain’t what it used to be”. Nothing could be more true than in the case of an elderly man with Dementia. Both Mom & Dad avoided the “conventional” is most areas of their life. They were anti-war activists in the 40′s, Used organic foods and took vitamins beginning in the 50′s. [...] Some days are better than others. Dad woke up out of deep sleep last night and started saying he heard a “noise”. It was about 3 am. “It sounds like steam! I’ve got to get up and find it!” “Dad, go back to sleep,” I said. “It’s just the furnace.” That was a losing position. He [...] |
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