Miriam Green
The Creativity of Caregivers
It is up to us to give them the tools to continue their lives in the public sphere as long as possible.
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Miriam Green
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Miriam Green
Jan 15, 20204 min read
Leaving Home
Mom is no longer in our orbit of care. Neither I nor my father—who still visits her everyday—can know what befalls her during her day.
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Miriam Green
Jan 8, 20204 min read
An Open Window
I was privileged to have an intimate conversation with a young acquaintance whose father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
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Miriam Green
Jan 1, 20204 min read
Renewing Resolutions
My mom is still here, diminished though she is, and I have the privilege of seeing her.
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Miriam Green
Dec 18, 20194 min read
Responsibility
It is a relinquishing of myself to be with Mom in the now. Pretense and artifice and having other things to do falls away.
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Miriam Green
Dec 11, 20194 min read
Music, Here and Now
New technologies and medicines are years away; music is here and now.
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Miriam Green
Dec 4, 20194 min read
Clothes Make the Woman
The difficulty of sorting through and parting with my mom's clothes.
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Miriam Green
Nov 27, 20195 min read
Beautiful Girl
There is no reasoning with Alzheimer's. Nor is there an ability to recognize an authority figure who may be acting on your behalf.
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Miriam Green
Nov 20, 20193 min read
Goodbye and Hello
It’s not a matter of how many goodbyes we have left, but how many hellos
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Miriam Green
Nov 13, 20194 min read
Slumber Party
Current events have a way of affecting all aspects of Israeli life, even my mom’s. She’s not cognizant of what happens outside the walls...
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Miriam Green
Oct 30, 20193 min read
Forward Motion
Here’s the secret: Knowing that Mom could not be with us, it was easier to shut her out of my mind completely.
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Miriam Green
Sep 25, 20194 min read
A Shrinking World
It is amazing how small our worlds can shrink when we are ill—physically, emotionally, even intellectually.
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Miriam Green
Sep 18, 20193 min read
Soothing the Savage Breast
I was having a lovely time laughing and singing with Mom today. Most of what we talked about was nonsense, but she was in a relatively...
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Miriam Green
Sep 11, 20195 min read
Bed Rails
Are bed rails a hazard or are they helpful devices in a dementia ward? I’ve seen horrifying photos recently on Facebook groups of loved...
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Miriam Green
Sep 4, 20194 min read
You Can't Go Home Again
I spent an emotional day in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya on Sunday, reading from my book, The Lost Kitchen, and talking to my...
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Miriam Green
Aug 21, 20193 min read
Dancing Through Life
My sweet, beautiful, lively mother has forgotten how to walk. This is the second time in a month that Mom is on antibiotics. If something...
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Miriam Green
Aug 14, 20193 min read
Befuddled
I understand it better now. We had a way of looking at and talking to Mom as if she were simple, as if the intelligent being who we knew...
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Miriam Green
Aug 7, 20192 min read
Literally
The funny thing about talking to someone with Alzheimer’s is that you never know where the conversation will end up. My husband Jeff and...
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Miriam Green
Jul 31, 20194 min read
Frailty
One of the residents in Mom’s facility fell last week and broke her arm. Her eye is horribly bruised, and she must now be helped with...
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Miriam Green
Jul 24, 20194 min read
Do Not Resuscitate
We had a heart-stopping conversation with the medical staff at Mom’s care facility this week. After ascertaining that Mom is doing well,...
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