Educational Insights
Family members often express sorrow in seeing “so much” decline in their loved one’s daily lives. It appears to be such a far cry from the life the loved one once experienced. But those are their perceptions, not the loved one’s. Truth is...Educational Insights
“WHO IS THAT ONE WHO CAN ALLEVIATE MY SURVIVAL MODE FEARS AND HELP ME TO SURVIVE?!!” This is the question infants and loved ones passionately seek to find an answer to. Without prompting, they know they want to live. The quest continues until that one...Educational Insights
Autonomy is the ability to make choices in our lives according to our own freewill. Some choices we don’t get to make. Driving on the wrong side of the road, not paying taxes are two great examples. Nevertheless, that still leaves us with an infinite number of...Educational Insights
As a loved one progresses through Stage II they sometimes develop a preference for finger foods. That is to say they no longer attempt to use utensils while eating. Even when confronted with soups and sauces. Actually their choice makes sense when you realize they...Educational Insights
An important memory I personally have is of my mother. In particular I remember the day she looked at me and said, “And who might you be?” “Don’t react,” I tell myself. She had no clue her daughter was standing before her. I felt I...Educational Insights
Anger is one of the easiest emotions to surface, especially when survival or the perceived threat of survival is at stake, making it the “emotion of choice” Certainly we all have experienced its “energy” one time or another. When dementia is added to the mix...
