Rena McDaniel from The Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver interviewed Bob DeMarco from the Alzheimer’s Reading Room and gleaned expert advice for Alzheimer’s Caregivers. When I finally figured out that I desperately needed some caregiver knowledge I searched online and found the ARR. For those of you who haven’t heard of those three wonderful letters, I’m talking …
For Rena McDaniel’s father, Christmas was all about trying to keep secrets. He was very clever that way! Read more from Rena on her blog, Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver. Dad has been gone now for almost thirty years. He died of a sudden heart attack when I was only 15 years old. He …
The mother of a marine who was deployed to Afghanistan, Rena McDaniel brings her unique perspective to a touching story of two soldiers. Read more from Rena McDaniel on her blog, Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver. What does Veterans Day mean to me? It used to be a day reserved for our forefathers. Dads, grandfathers and uncles. …
I woke up this morning racked with pain and crying uncontrollably. The pain I felt…am still feeling has left me so unbelievably raw that I don’t know if I will ever be able to forget it or if I will ever be able to sleep again. I have decided to write it down to either …
Every caregiver had a life long before caregiving started. I sometimes forget that other life…Rena… even existed. I’ve talked alot about taking over as mom’s caregiver. What I haven’t talked about are the changes that it has caused in my own life. I was 19 when I had my son and 22 for my daughter. …
