dementia | Jennifer Sullivan

My mom, Bobbie Lee’s Obituary

Bobbie Lee (formerly Bobbie Lucas), a loving mother and grandmother, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020, at age 82 due to complications from COVID-19. She was born on July 16,…

Dear Oregon Governor Kate Brown – A Letter from an Alzheimer’s Daughter

I Am Losing My Mother – A Letter from an Alzheimer’s Daughter Dear Governor Kate Brown, I write this letter hoping that you will read it because I cannot let…

One memory at a time

Being an Alzheimer’s caregiver is hard. I raised three kids and went through a divorce and I’ve faced down everything life has thrown my way so far, but this caregiver…

When There’s Nothing Left of Her

My husband and I take my mom to dinner almost every Wednesday evening. I try to pick different places with good, healthy food and a nice place we can sit…

A Letter to My Mom

a·mends (noun): to compensate or make up for a wrongdoing. Amends in 12-step work are about a genuine change in our behavior instead of the patchwork of an apology ~…

Milestones and Mortality

My mom and I both have milestone birthdays this year. She is turning 80 and I’m turning 50. Fifty years old! When I was in my teens and even into…

Things nobody told me about being an Alzheimer’s caregiver

First and foremost, when it rains it pours. It seems that I can go weeks with just the regular visits to my mom and all is well, but when something…

Grace and Dignity and Alzheimer’s

I had one of the roughest visits with my mom yesterday. She’s been in a pretty good mood the last few times we’d seen her, so I wasn’t expecting…

The long journey of Alzheimer’s Disease

My mom was originally diagnosed with dementia in 2013; but about a year later, I was talking to her doctor and she was talking about my mom’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. So…

The Struggle of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

In 2013 my mother spent a few days in the hospital. Initially she went there because she had food poisoning, but within 24 hours the doctors and nurses knew that…

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