by Christy Turner | Apr 29, 2018 | Quality of Life
My brother and I said the same thing when our parents asked what items we’d want after they passed: the smiling flower plaster figurine. The one that advises, “Let’s be happy while we’re here,” and has hung in the bathroom for as long as...
by Christy Turner | Mar 17, 2018 | Dementia Care, Driving
The final piece in our series Is It Time for Intervention? focuses on cognitive changes. I chose to do it last, because cognition tends to get the most attention. Changes in other areas are often missed or attributed to something outside of dementia. Download...
by Christy Turner | Feb 17, 2018 | Quality of Life
Is it time to intervene in your loved one’s life? If so, how? And is it possible to still be liked in the process? We looked at those questions in Is It Time for Intervention? Part 1: Safety Awareness & Judgment. In this post, we’ll look at how changes...
by Christy Turner | Feb 3, 2018 | Driving, Quality of Life
We all want to be liked. Duh, right? Have you ever tried being liked and telling your parent or partner what to do? That’s where it can get tricky. Add dementia to the mix, and it can feel like you’re walking a tightrope across the Grand Canyon without a net. At the...
by Christy Turner | Dec 17, 2017 | Quality of Life
Today Is The Best Day Dementia is a chronic, progressive condition without a cure. It always ends the same way. We cope with this set of facts in one of two ways. Some of us tell ourselves there isn’t really a problem, that it’s all in our heads. We’re being overly...
by Christy Turner | Nov 5, 2017 | Holidays
Download your Holiday Travel Checklist & Tip Sheet by clicking HERE now. Dementia and Holiday Travel: Good Idea, or Not So Much? My mom and I had a pretty awful travel experience, which I recount in Keeping Your Cool When It All Goes Sideways. And it wasn’t...
