I had a meeting with my insurance agent today and the talk turned to Mom and Alzheimer's. And I met another person who has been in the trenches of the caregiver's brigade.
Everyone's story is different... and the same. This woman knew that her dad was "getting bad" but didn't realize the reality of it all until she received a call that he had tried to kill her mother. Yep, that would be an eyeopener. She made arrangements to take him home with her. She figured that between her, her husband and her adult daughter (who is a nurse) it would be a piece of cake. She said that it worked fine, as long as nobody needed any sleep. I had to laugh at that comment. Her journey as a caregiver ended less than a week after it began when her dad picked up and threw her dining room table through a plate glass window.
The details are always different but the basic story is the same. There are behaviors that are universal.
05/13/13
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