Alzheimer's Disease Archives - Her View From Home

Grief
September 26, 2020
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Alzheimer’s Took My Mother’s Life. A Pandemic Stole Her Funeral.

If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you…

Living
July 5, 2020
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Even When Memory Fails, Love Remains

My great-grandmother lived a difficult life. She grew up during the Great Depression and its harsh aftereffects. Once married, her…

Grief, Grown Children
May 23, 2020
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As My Dad’s Words Fade Away, His Wisdom Echoes in My Heart

My father has Alzheimer’s. He’s in the middle stage of the disease. He still recognizes his wife and all six…

Grief
March 21, 2020
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I’m Worried My Mom Won’t Have a Funeral

These are uncertain times. And I don’t just mean because of the pandemic. My mom is currently dying from Alzheimer’s…

Living
February 8, 2020
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Dear Grandma, I’ll Remember For You

I took this picture because I wanted to remember. I wanted to remember the way my grandma’s hand felt under…

Grief
January 23, 2020
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My Mom May Be Dying, But She Will Never Leave Me

I will never know what it’s like to see my mom’s car pull up to my house. I will never…

Grief
December 28, 2019
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How to Love an Alzheimer’s Daughter

My husband recently told me he doesn’t remember what I was like before my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I…

Grief
October 27, 2019
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I’m Savoring This Long Goodbye to My Mom

My mom could have died when I was 25, but she didn’t. She was, however, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which…

Grown Children, Motherhood
October 8, 2019
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Even Though My Mom Can’t Remember Me, She Knows Me

When I tell someone my mom has Alzheimer’s, the first thing they usually ask is, “Does she know who you…

Grown Children, Motherhood
July 19, 2019
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I’ll Hold My Mother’s Hands as Long as I Can

These are the hands that held me as I took my first breaths. The hands that fed me and changed…

Grief, Relationships
June 3, 2016
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My Mother Has Alzheimer’s and I’m Terrified That Someday I Will Too

In 2012, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She was sixty. I say diagnosed because people understand that, they…

Featured, Health, Journal
February 12, 2015
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Caregiver Stress

Alzheimer's and other forms dementia caregivers devote a significant amount of time and energy to the person with Alzheimer's disease.…