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    The Mom I Use To Fight With

    JUNE 18, 2012 9:28AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: baby boomer, elder care, caregiver, memory loss, mental illness, daughter, mother, husband, grandson, son, relationships, life, love, memory loss, dementia, alzheimer's disease, family, health, mother, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1138 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Does My Mom With Alzheimer's Know It's Mother Day?

    MAY 7, 2012 9:51AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: eldercare, caregiver, mental illness, memory loss, dementia, alzheimers, baby boomer, aging parent, mother's day, ife, love, relationship, daughter, mother, family, health, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2154 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Law & Order: Alzheimer's Unit

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 11:28AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: incarceration, mental illness, maud goossens, wa, port orchard, dementia, alzheimer's, prison system

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 1934 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Grace

    FEBRUARY 11, 2012 8:01PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: dementia, death, illness, aging, grief, optimism, hope, grace, love, family, vascular dementia, frog in soup

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 1796 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Dad's New Normal

    JANUARY 31, 2012 11:07AM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: pipeline, florida primary, dementia, aging

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 4488 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Biddy Bullies

    JANUARY 23, 2012 12:18PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: mean old people, assisted living and nursing facilities, dementia, monty python's flying circus, hell's grannies, bullying

    • Editor's Pick
    • 72 Ratings
    • 2405 Views
    • 70 Comments
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    Monkey Appetite

    JANUARY 9, 2012 1:09AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: meaning of ramadan, rebellion, water colour paintings, patience, dementia, family, memoir, kafka, january 9 anniversary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1722 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    The Darkest Age Of My Mother

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 12:19PM

    By Jeff L. Howe


    Topics: catholic, jeff l. howe, illinois, carlisle, dementia, alzhiemers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1261 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Like I Said (A Dementia Vignette)

    JULY 13, 2011 2:09PM

    By JoAnne Lehman


    Topics: memory, comedy, family, memoir, caregiving, alzheimer's, aging, elderly parents, dementia, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1505 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Leaving Annapolis--An Alzheimers Story

    MAY 11, 2011 7:49AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: true story, alzheimers, annapolis, aging, retirement, health, aging parents, dementia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 1537 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Groundhog Day in Reverse

    APRIL 21, 2011 9:42AM

    By Cranky Cuss


    Topics: i have a very nice photo i wanted to upload but os sucks, my mother, dementia, groundhog day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1168 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Left Hands

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 11:03PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: mother, dementia, suicide, mental illness, caregiving, alzheimer's, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 9894 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Doing enough": The challenge of long-distance caregiving

    AUGUST 25, 2010 8:05AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: caregiving, elderly, eldercare, assisted living, dementia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2955 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The Wanderers: Free Will, Dementia, and Death

    MAY 6, 2010 12:51PM

    By Zoe FitzGerald Carter


    Topics: health, belief/religion, dementia, free will, right-to-die, death, alzheimer's, wanderers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 68 Ratings
    • 2993 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    The Days Grow Longer and Shorter

    MARCH 2, 2010 12:07PM

    By BuffyW


    Topics: end of life, facing it, bad timing, hope springs eternal, dad, alheimers, dementia, ashes, renewal, disappointments, happiness, what will be, family, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 4766 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Dementia pugilistica: football's dirty little secret

    FEBRUARY 5, 2010 1:29PM

    By aliquot


    Topics: football, boxing, c.t.e., dementia, dogfighting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 5395 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Alzheimer's Project: Yikes!

    MAY 14, 2009 7:28AM

    By gailrae


    Topics: review, caregiving, dementia, hbo alzheimer's project series

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3504 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The Alzheimer's Project: Imagine Yourself with Dementia

    MAY 11, 2009 3:44PM

    By gailrae


    Topics: review, caregiving, dementia, hbo alzheimer's project series

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1822 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    100 Springs

    MAY 10, 2009 1:29PM

    By doloresflores_d


    Topics: and what does a katie look like anyway?, a tale of two mary evelyns, a tale of two katies, 100 years old, privileged death, privileged life, good siblings, bad siblings, bill clinton, mothers day, great grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, longevity, alzheimer's, dementia, family secrets, family obsessions, betrayal, family rivalries, identity, memory, aging, forgetting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2728 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Last Time I Saw My Father

    MARCH 3, 2009 10:48PM

    By SuiJuris94


    Topics: ice storm, daughter, dementia, alzheimer's, abuse, family

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