Tag Archives: Health

Love Them Where They Are

June 7, 2019 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Books, Navigating Alzheimer's, The Alzheimer's Spouse · 2 Comments

Like sunshine on an overcast day rays of the man I knew peek through the clouds leaving me longing for more. How well we who have loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease know the feelings of this poem found in the beginning of my book, Navigating Alzheimer’s. One minute our mother seems to recognize us and […]

Is There a Doctor in the House?

April 5, 2019 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Catholic, Death and Dying, Family, Health, Young in the Spirit · Leave a comment

In our “take a pill and call me in the morning” culture, who will care for us medically in our senior days? We may think that medical assistance is unlimited for our specific needs, but the older we get, the less likely that is true. As the number of people who are 65 years of […]

The Alzheimer’s Spouse

April 1, 2019 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Family, The Alzheimer's Spouse · 1 Comment

Alzheimer’s claims the lives not only of those with the disease but all those connected to them as well. And the closer we are to the loved one with Alzheimer’s, the more we are affected. Certainly, Alzheimer’s damages everything about the partner with the disease as he or she slowly diminishes physically, mentally, and emotionally. […]

Saints for Health

November 16, 2018 · by · in Book, Catholic, Faith, Family, Health, Young in the Spirit · Leave a comment

Do you have a headache? Call on St. Teresa of Avilla. Do you have stomach issues? Call on either St Timothy or St Elmo. God is the ultimate healer. Scripture offers examples of God’s healings throughout the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. Such healings are otherwise unexplainable and truly miraculous. In addition to praying to our […]

Estrogen and Dementia

November 1, 2018 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Family, Health · Leave a comment

Statistics tell us that 2/3 of the people with Alzheimer’s are women. The basic answer as to why this might be so is that women live longer than men so there are more older women to develop the disease. Researchers have always known this may be partly correct, but there definitely is more to this […]

Keeping on Our Feet

October 24, 2018 · by · in Book, Family, Health · Leave a comment

Trip in public and we can’t help but laugh—or get laughed at. We’re embarrassed to be knocked off our feet, and for some reason, we also find it funny when we aren’t the one going down. But the older we get, the less funny those falls are, especially when they result in serious injury. I’m […]

Fighting for a Future Without Alzheimer’s

September 19, 2018 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Death and Dying, Family, Health, Navigating Alzheimer's · Leave a comment

The last few weeks have been all about the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walks. I’ve been raising funds, briefly spoke at the walk in Naperville, Illinois last weekend, and am participating in the Fox Valley Walk this coming weekend. My fundraising efforts have been entirely online. Work and family responsibilities fill my days leaving me with no […]

When Reading and Writing is Difficult

August 22, 2018 · by · in Family, Hans Christian Andersen Illuminated by The Message, Health · Leave a comment

Hans Christian Andersen’s writing style was unique for the time. Interestingly, Andersen is believed to have had dyslexia which caused considerable challenges in school especially when it came to spelling. Unfortunately, his school days were not happy ones. He lived in a time with little understanding of the fact that not everyone learns in the […]

A Caregiver’s Prayer

July 26, 2018 · by · in Book, Catholic, Christian, Death and Dying, Faith, Family, Grieving with Mary, Navigating Alzheimer's, spirituality · Leave a comment

This prayer says it all. We caregivers of faith pray. We pray when we get up in the morning, all day long, and throughout the restless nights. We pray for our loved one and our much-needed strength, courage, and patience. We couldn’t get through the day without knowing God is with us, guiding us, and providing […]

Shedding Light on the Flickering Chandelier

April 26, 2018 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Catholic, Christian, Death and Dying, Faith, Family, Health · Leave a comment

The bulbs are flickering but still light the room. Outsiders rarely understand Alzheimer’s disease. If they don’t or haven’t cared for someone with Alzheimer’s 24/7 for at least a week, they presume the state of our loved one to be better or worse than it is. A few outsiders believe that a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease […]

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