Caregiver - Relationship Grieving
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Relationship grieving as a caregiver for spouse with young onset alzheimer’s is complicated and ever present daily.
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Caregiver Exhaustion
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I am tired and exhausted. Caregiving is the hardest thing I’ve endured in my life. Caregiving for a spouse with Young Onset Alzheimer’s and taking one long day at a time.
Read MoreCaregiving Wife Confessions
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Confessions of a caregiver wife. I don’t want to paint a rosy picture, because the calm I exude today has been a long time in coming.
Read MoreCaregiving - One thing I’ve Learned about Grief
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I thought once I had grieved for a year over the loss of relationship as my husband slipped away with young onset alzheimer’s, I wouldn’t be so sad. But, the grief is daily and ongoing.
Read More3 Ways a Caring Bridge Journal Can Help Caregivers
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As my husband’s early onset Alzheimer’s disease progressed, I found that people were afraid to “bother” me, so I set up an invitation only Caring Bridge journal, so people could catch up and know what to pray for and how to help.
Read MoreDon't Wish Away the Days - Early Onset Alzheimer’s
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I have to work on this mindset every single day. It’s so easy to think if only the days got easier, I would be happier. Don’t get me wrong, this is a struggle. It’s not something I excel at.
Read MoreSteps I'm Taking for Caregiver Respite - Early Onset Alzheimer's
/Here are a few steps I took to get some respite time away from full-time caregiving for my husband with early onset Alzheimer’s.
Read MoreCaregiver Respite - Early Onset Alzheimer's
/In the early days of my husband’s early onset alzheimer’s disease, I couldn’t see how the strain of full-time caregiving was affecting me, physically and mentally. I didn’t take any respite time, because I thought “I was okay.”
Read MoreEarly Onset Alzheimer's - Caregiver Emotions
/As a caregiving wife to a husband with early onset Alzheimer’s, I have been shocked at just how many different emotions that I’ve experienced in the last year alone. This book is a great devotional if you, too, are on an unexpected journey.
Read MoreEarly Onset Alzheimer's - Legal, Financial, and Longterm Planning
/Legal, financial and longterm planning required a lot of time after my husband’s diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. Here are a few of the things we had to address while he was able to have input and sign.
Read MoreEarly Onset Alzheimer's - The Diagnosis
/In the first year of caregiving, I had so many feelings and emotions going on; Grief, anger, sadness, hopelessness, irritation, frustration, loneliness. Of all the things that I was feeling, the hopelessness was probably the hardest to come to terms with.
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