Our first guest blog today is from Vincent, who blogs about his experience caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s disease. I encourage you all to check him out at www.dementia-mama-drama.com

What do you remember? If I asked you how your day was today, what would your answer be? “Another day, another dollar.” “Nothing special.” “TGIF!” Our lives are made up of our memories. When you’re losing your memory, the struggle to keep your memories can be the longest day. So I asked Mama what her day was like and you can see her answer in this short video:

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Today is The Longest Day – Summer Solstice, the day with the most hours of daylight.  And on this Longest Day, we are honoring people with Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners for the journey they are on. All across the country, there are teams of people spending 16 hours participating in physical activities to symbolize the endurance required to cope with the disease.

For care partners, any day can be their longest day – it doesn’t have to be tied to the amount of daylight.  It takes a lot of time, energy and strength to manage a household, provide transportation, organize a schedule, provide personal care, offer love and hope, create a safe environment, the list goes on, for a person that is losing or has lost those abilities. But our care partners do it every day with love, respect, and dedication. It’s not always a perfect day but, these care partners persevere because they have found ways to cope and manage; they find humor in the day, they allow themselves to cry, they ask for help, they realize their limitations and the limitations of their loved one, and they know tomorrow is another day. Continue reading “The Longest Day: Caregivers – Today we honor YOU!” »