Dance with Dementia
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A memoir about my dad and our journey together, as he descended into Dementia.
I've included a collection of stories of actual events that occurred along our journey together including; Dad's involvement with a lottery scam with FBI intervention, his jaunt to Monterey with his girlfriend with Alzheimers, which ended with both of them sitting on hard benches at a CHP facility in Monterey, making the evening news that night, since dad had been picked up for driving the wrong way on Hwy. 1. On and on it goes, one event after the other until finally I moved away from the Bay Area and with famous last words to my brother, Jim, who lived in Watsonville, "He's all yours now." We lost Jim, at the young age of 64, in 2008 and lo and behold my father was now under my wing again.
I finally moved dad from San Mateo, to Red Bluff, so we could be closer and this is where he now resides in a memory care facility. So far, he has lived to the ripe old age of 98, so I think we can assume that dementia doesn't kill you, however, it may kill the people who are acting as caregivers, so be warned, "Take care of yourselves too."
If you are dealing with a family member or loved one who is showing signs of dementia, you may want to read this book and experience another families story.
A memoir about my dad and our journey together, as he descended into Dementia.
I've included a collection of stories of actual events that occurred along our journey together including; Dad's involvement with a lottery scam with FBI intervention, his jaunt to Monterey with his girlfriend with Alzheimers, which ended with both of them sitting on hard benches at a CHP facility in Monterey, making the evening news that night, since dad had been picked up for driving the wrong way on Hwy. 1. On and on it goes, one event after the other until finally I moved away from the Bay Area and with famous last words to my brother, Jim, who lived in Watsonville, "He's all yours now." We lost Jim, at the young age of 64, in 2008 and lo and behold my father was now under my wing again.
I finally moved dad from San Mateo, to Red Bluff, so we could be closer and this is where he now resides in a memory care facility. So far, he has lived to the ripe old age of 98, so I think we can assume that dementia doesn't kill you, however, it may kill the people who are acting as caregivers, so be warned, "Take care of yourselves too."
If you are dealing with a family member or loved one who is showing signs of dementia, you may want to read this book and experience another families story.