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		<title>Caregiving to Living</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve talked to many caregivers over the years and some have lives they plan to go back to. This is almost a detour in their road. But some wonder with a bit of trepidation what life they will piece together when it’s all over.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Scared. Am I Next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Genetic testing for Alzheimer’s currently seems to be an incomplete science. For these reasons I’ve never considered genetic testing.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I Love You Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I found her that night for a few moments by going into that connection we call love. She was there with me, looking at me and hearing me.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Early Stage Symptoms of Mom&#8217;s AD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to my notes and understanding, mom’s early stage symptoms that I tracked were indicative of stages 2 and 3 of the 7 stage GDS.  She progressed through this mild stage of Alzheimer’s disease in less than 1 year.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Peterson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 16:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So I was suddenly getting it. Perhaps this is not a situation to be understood unless a person has lived it and lived it from a place of love rather than obligation. I have met people who simply write the monthly check and “care” from a distance. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Power of Touch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Peterson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I would encourage anyone to work at finding that human connection with their loved one with Alzheimer’s. There is a very good chance that the power of touch can be the catalyst to that loving connection. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>End-of-Life Documents are Essential</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Peterson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With one telephone call, I was suddenly in charge of both of my parents. My father was the caregiver for my mother, the early stage Alzheimer’s patient, and they lived together in a single family home. I was 1500 miles away when they left home in an ambulance together but was able to provide end-of-life documents quickly to take over decisions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wrestling with Caregiver Guilt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Peterson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clearly I’m wrestling with a sense of falling short as my mother’s caregiver. Am I being fair to myself? When I think about all I should do, because I love her, there is no way that I can do everything I expect of myself.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wishing for Recognition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Peterson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I got right down in front of her so she could see my face clearly. No reaction. Nothing sparked a reaction from her. I had so been wishing for recognition.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Peterson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I walked in and found the two of them asleep together, I just broke down in tears and started to revisit my decision to move her to a new memory unit. It had taken me months to make this decision and I had been so certain that it was the right one. Now, looking at mom and how comfortable she was with her friend, I was distraught at the thought of tearing her away from Henry. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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