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Category Archives: Warning signs
A Thousand Pieces: Part Two
A Thousand Pieces:Part Two By Arden Nering Scratches on the record putting skips into your song Fleeting thoughts escaping, almost here before they’re gone The shrinking of your universe, interests no longer claim that name Too much to remember … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Advocate, Alzheimer's, Justice, Memory, Poetry, Warning signs
Tagged Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, Memory, poetry, Warning signs
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Trouble with Mercy
Trouble with Mercy PART I Things kept going missing at the Mercy Home for Aging Citizens, or M-Hac as the citizens would have it. So there was trouble with Mercy in this no-longer happy home. Staff, of course, tried … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Missing, Remembering, Warning signs
Tagged Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, caregiving, Dementia, Missing, Whodunnit
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People of the Street
The People of the Street With homelessness running rampant and many homeless suffering with mental illness, I thought I would ‘pay tribute’ to the unfortunates… Rough and tumble they may be But inside, they have love. They do what … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Dementia, Hard time, Trauma, Victims, Warning signs
Tagged Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, care giving, Dementia, poetry, Victims, Warning signs
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You’re Doing Very Well: As far as I can tell
You’re Doing Very Well: As Far As I Can Tell You’re doing very well as far as I can tell, You’ve taken all your lumps and you’re moving right along, You’ve learned your lessons well and you’ve grown very … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, caregiving, memories, poetry
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Gran, Clocks and Time
Gran, Clocks and Time Gran: -What’s that? Man (her son): What’s what? -That think. There. On the wall. What’s its name? It’s a clock. It tells the time. -I don’t hear it speak No, it doesn’t speak. That … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Grandmas, Nursing, Time, Warning signs
Tagged Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, caregiving, Humor, Memory, Warning signs
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Early Warnings: Ignored
Early Warnings: Ignored It was on the eve of destruction In the Earliest Stages When the earliest signs went unnoticed But all of the signs were right there. First came the scouting, All deception , and smiles, Followed by … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Poetry, Trauma, War and peace, Warning signs
Tagged Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, caregiving, poetry, Warning signs, Warnings
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