Alzheimer's Disease Archives - Her View From Home

Living
April 6, 2025
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By Brooke Tichenor

Alzheimer’s Is the Longest Goodbye

I’m not losing you once, I’m losing pieces of you every day as this disease relentlessly takes you from me,…

Grown Children, Living
September 21, 2024
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By Brooke Tichenor

The Day We Met Alzheimer’s

After a year of countless doctor appointments, evaluations, and scans, we finally received Mom's official diagnosis. She had Alzheimer's Disease.…

Grown Children, Living
June 15, 2023
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By Savannah Hadden

Even When You Don’t Remember Me

I’ll always be there to take care of you. It’s the way God built me. I’m a caregiver, and I have…

Grief, Living, Motherhood
January 31, 2023
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By Michelle Goering

Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)

I was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…

There’s a Little Less of You Here Each Day

Grief, Grown Children
January 30, 2023
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By Maddie Clark

There’s a Little Less of You Here Each Day

I'm sitting here on the front porch, and I'm sobbing. I'm finally grieving. I've finally reached the place where my…

Grief, Grown Children, Living
December 1, 2022
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By Jillian Van Hefty

When Mom Died, We Had Tea

My mom was never, ever without a cup of Lipton's tea. Like a dear friend, it held her hand, kept…

My Grandma Doesn’t Remember Me but I Visit Anyway

Living
August 9, 2022
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By Elisa Cinelli

My Grandma Doesn’t Remember Me but I Visit Anyway

Today I went to see my grandma in the memory care facility she now calls home. Visits now are nothing…

I’ll Always Need My Mother but She Left Me Way Too Soon

Grief
July 27, 2022
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By Lauren Flake

I’ll Always Need My Mother but She Left Me Way Too Soon

I married my college sweetheart over a decade ago. I want to ask my mom about marriage. I want to…

Alzheimer’s Took My Mother’s Life. A Pandemic Stole Her Funeral.

Grief
September 26, 2020
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By Lauren Dykovitz

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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By Jessica Swanda

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…

As My Dad’s Words Fade Away, His Wisdom Echoes in My Heart

Grief, Grown Children
May 23, 2020
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By Laura Bagnarol

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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By Lauren Dykovitz

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…