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In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.

Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.

If knew more about Alzheimer's and the Brain, your mind will be blow and most cases you will confused...

Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times.

The phrase 'Love one another' is so wise. By loving one another, we invest in each other and in ourselves. Perhaps someday, when we need someone to care for us, it may not come from the person we expect, but from the person we least expect. It may be our sons or daughter-in-laws, our neighbors, friends, cousins, stepchildren, or stepparents whose love for us has assigned them to the honorable, yet dangerous position of caregiver.

Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver

Even though people experiencing dementia become unable to recount what has just happened, they still go through the experience__ven without recall. The psychological present lasts about three seconds. We experience the present even when we have dementia. The emotional pain caused by callous treatment or unkind talk occurs during that period. The moods and actions of people with dementia are expressions of what they have experienced, whether they can still use language and recall, or not.

Offering care means being a companion, not a superior. It doesn__ matter whether the person we are caring for is experiencing cancer, the flu, dementia, or grief.If you are a doctor or surgeon, your expertise and knowledge comes from a superior position. But when our role is to be providers of care, we should be there as equals.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

If God gave Dad Alzheimer__, He__ got to understand when Dad forgets what church he belongs to.