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Example Letter: Telling Family about Mom’s Move into Memory Care

by lori | Oct 20, 2017 | Alzheimer's, Essays, Grace, Strength in Real Life

Hello family, We have some news. I’ve been away from my computer for a week—up with mom and dad—thanks for being patient with me. A week ago Thursday, Mom moved into Harbor Care, the memory care building in their retirement community. Dad still lives in the cottages,...

Shattering

by lori | Jul 26, 2017 | Alzheimer's, Care Partnering, Essays, Getting Lost, Grace, Story, Strength in Real Life, Wayfinding

I wrote this three years ago and somehow forgot to publish it. Its about to become an essay in my new book Unshaken Wonder, which will reach others in October 2017. I’m posting it here now for my friend Clay Forsberg. In part, in response to his lovely new essay...

On Winning and Losing and the Space Between

by lori | Oct 28, 2016 | Alzheimer's, Culture, Essays, Story

I lose the mom I grew up with to Alzheimer’s every day. This loss began roughly 12 years ago for me and is with me every day. Others who love her live with similar loss—we each lose her in different ways and stages. You may see her smiling face in photos and think...

Eight Beautiful Lessons from Late-Stage Alzheimer’s Care Partnering

by lori | Jul 7, 2016 | Acceptance, Alzheimer's, Essays, Grace, Story

For the past three months, I’ve been an almost daily care partner for our mom, who is moving into late-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Our family has been living with the disease for a decade now. Dad has been caregiving for mom, mostly on his own, for more than a decade...

Life Without a Net – New Lessons from Later-Stage Alzheimer’s

by lori | May 9, 2016 | Alzheimer's, Care Partnering, Caregiving, Essays

Mom’s been living with Alzheimer’s disease for somewhere between 11 and 14 years now, depending on who you ask. Last week, our full-time care partner dad got sick. Really sick. Fever, intense pain, not sleeping, difficulty moving,...

Her Name Is Linda

by lori | Nov 19, 2015 | Acceptance, Alzheimer's, Books, Care Partnering, Caregiving, Essays, Grace, Story, Wayfinding

My mom Linda was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease by a doctor in 2007. She was just 60 years old. Mom, dad Jim, sister Jen, and I all knew that something was going seriously wrong with Mom for several years before that diagnosis. Memory troubles showed up. Anxiety...
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