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Learning to Live with Dementia


Moments Matter - The Value of Visits
If you know someone with dementia, or any debilitating, isolating illness, your time and presence are as valuable as the life that needs...
Catherine Mulvale


Role-Playing for the WIN!Â
Exciting news! Mom is entering an art competition!!! We’re not sure when it is, or where, or who else is competing, but who cares? Those...
Catherine Mulvale


Christmas Magic on the Front Step
When I went out this morning with a pair of secateurs and a beige rubber pail, I was expecting to spend a couple of hours doing a holiday...
Catherine Mulvale


Location. Location. Location. Find the ideal community hub.
I’d like to say I was oh so clever and strategically chose the ideal location for Mom when I selected her assisted care home. Truth be...
Catherine Mulvale


Just this once, I wish I was alone
It brings me no comfort to know that I am one of many of my friends who are dealing with parents who have dementia. In this instance, I...
Catherine Mulvale


The joys and jolts of repetition
Repetition is a given when dealing with dementia. How you are affected is a choice. The torture of being asked the same questions over...
Catherine Mulvale


Accept help. Better yet, go looking for it.
Going it alone when caring for a person with dementia is a bad idea. Trust me. I’ve tried. I can say with absolute confidence that...
Catherine Mulvale


Protecting memories... and ourselves
The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way. – Unknown Memories are...
Catherine Mulvale


The one question I ask myself every day….
Every day at some point, I ask myself: if Mom died tomorrow, would I be comfortable with the decisions I had made regarding her life and...
Catherine Mulvale


Medications -- miraculous and menacing
Medications are miraculous. This is undeniable. When used appropriately, they can protect us from and relieve us of pain, illness,...
Catherine Mulvale
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