Blog

Authored by CEO, Andria P. Dawuda, our blog is also a very important way of letting you know how we feel about what we do. For more dialogue on living with Dementia and Alzheimer's, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Part One

 

Private Home Care, Why?

 

Private home care is ideal for aging at home.

Aging at home is ideal for elders who wish to remain in place, this way their home care choices may be made based only on their personal and private wishes. Not everyone desires the community based care, th...

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How?

 

Drink it from a glass, drink it from a cup, drink it from a bowl or even from a plate!

Drink it as juices, drink it as punches or even bundles of blended veggies.

Drink it as soups, drink it in deserts, drink it as shakes or crushed up fruits and berries

Drink it as simple, so very ...

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Should you hire someone who doesn’t cook?

I think not!

Because care and nutrition goes hand in hand,

What will be fed to your loved one all day, if care taker doesn’t cook?

What or how will you satisfy the taste buds of one who is used to a warm and comforting meal, at least once per day...

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Where does the mind go? I often wonder.

It stares for a long while and saunter

It gazes at so many things, so many passing things.

Could they be memories?

How can I tell?

They pass by so quickly, just like the swift of a moving train

Where does the mind go? I can’t tell you now.

Sometim...

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Posted by Andria Harris on Aug 01, 2018

 

Why did you go to silence?

Oh such silence!

I think and I wonder how to touch your soul, how to make you laugh and how to

Remove the fear from your heart

The fear that was in your eyes

I saw it in your gaze

Such lonely and silent gaze

Tell me, talk to me ……no! there is silence I know

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Mummy I love you

I will pretty much do whatever it takes, short of physical violence, to make the medicine go down my mom's throat. A lot of the other stuff I let fall to the side. She recently received the final notice on her gas bill. But, we're in Southern California so she doesn't really need t...

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Telling a child that one of their grandparents is unwell is a difficult task. Their young minds are full of tomorrows and the promise of life. They rarely come across illness, and when they do it is usually a matter of days before the person is up on their feet again.

Grandparents are living longer...

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Meal planning and Preparation

 

What’s Cooking at Home Today?

 

 Steamed green vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower with garlic using unsalted butter.

 

Apart of the preparation and planning for each daily meal is bearing in mind that texture and taste are extremely important.

 

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drifting

 

How can i stop you as you drift?

 

 

 

I accompanied her to pick up a brand new commode, I was curious, so I asked her if it belong to her dad, she said yes.

 

Immediately I felt a feeling as she drifts. I felt a lonely, sad and curious air in her voice, because she n...

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