Miriam Green
Corona Woes
Perhaps the uncertainty in our world-wide predicament is similar to the permanent sense of uncertainty that Alzheimer’s patients experience.
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Miriam Green
Jun 24, 20203 min read
Replaced
In the absence of our touch, the staff is now responsible for doling out affections to Mom.
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Miriam Green
Jun 17, 20203 min read
Forgetting
I forgot to visit Mom yesterday at her memory care facility. When I realized I’d missed my appointment, it was too late to do anything...
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Miriam Green
Jun 9, 20203 min read
Finding our Mojo
My dad and I go back and forth on whether our visits with Mom are achieving anything. When she saw my dad a few days ago, she called to...
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Miriam Green
Jun 3, 20203 min read
Ambiguous Loss
We’ve had mixed experiences on our visits with Mom this past week. It is difficult to connect with her from a distance.
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Miriam Green
May 26, 20204 min read
It's Not Over Yet
We might think that the easing of restrictions means the end to the coronavirus scare, but we’d be wrong.
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Miriam Green
May 19, 20204 min read
Hello, Lovey
How can I not hold her hands and pull her to me for kisses and hugs? That’s how I tell her I love her.
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Miriam Green
May 13, 20203 min read
Visitation
The terms of visitation sound like they’re straight out of a horror movie.
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Miriam Green
May 6, 20203 min read
Being Patient
It was a small moment of clarity in an otherwise uneventful video chat.
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Miriam Green
Apr 29, 20203 min read
Reflections
We are nothing without our memories. This is one of the terrible aspects of Alzheimer’s.
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Miriam Green
Apr 22, 20203 min read
YouTube for Caregivers
The residents in Mom’s ward can’t be isolated one from the other. They need constant supervision.
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Miriam Green
Apr 1, 20203 min read
Conversation in the Time of Corona
We are no longer surprised by her absence—we know she cannot be home with us—but we miss her nonetheless.
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Miriam Green
Mar 25, 20203 min read
Opening Virtual Windows
It’s important to put our Corona pandemic into perspective. We are not being persecuted. We have enough food.
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Miriam Green
Mar 18, 20203 min read
Oatmeal Corona Muffins
If I try and look at the positives, I can find them.
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Miriam Green
Mar 11, 20203 min read
Alzheimer's and Corona
The combination of age and close living quarters in geriatric facilities creates opportunity for the virus to spread.
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Miriam Green
Feb 26, 20205 min read
Lessons From My Cat
Moving my cat Zipper reminded me how someone with Alzheimer’s might react to a planned upheaval.
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Miriam Green
Feb 19, 20203 min read
An Unbirthday Card
When I started sorting papers and things that have been sitting in my bedside table, I came across a stack of birthday cards that my...
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Miriam Green
Feb 12, 20203 min read
Blue Notes
Rather than push her to interact, we took her back to the common room and put her headphones on.
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Miriam Green
Feb 5, 20204 min read
Words, Words, Words
My mom is not always in a good mood, and her English is quite spicy when she’s angry.
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Miriam Green
Jan 29, 20204 min read
Riding the Ferris Wheel
Sometimes we are truly flying high, other times we are dragging near the bottom. Always, we are moving.
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