Category Archives: Brain Health

Knowledge and wisdom about brain health gained from providing long term caregiving, long distance journeying and neuroscience.

Cognitive Decline – The Trials

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

Stages of Decline series outline: fourth installment.  After these outlines are posted I will provide video podcasts of the same themes in a more entertaining and informational format. Please subscribe to this blog to be alerted to each post in … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Decline – The Tribulations

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

This is the third outline for the Stages of Decline series.  Our experiences as a dementia patient and caregiver spouse are condensed into bullet points to provide helpful insights for others who might find themselves in a similar situation.  After … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Decline – The Triumphs

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

This is the second outline for the Stages of Decline series.  Our experiences as a dementia patient and caregiver spouse are condensed into bullet points to provide helpful insights for others who might find themselves in a similar situation.  After … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Decline – The Trials

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

This is the first outline for the Stages of Decline series.  Our experiences as a dementia patient and caregiver spouse are condensed into bullet points to provide helpful insights.  After presenting outlines for the twelve themes of the series, video … Continue reading →

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Stages of Decline Series

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

During 2023 I plan to take up video casting as a project to keep me sane, starting with a series on different stages of dementia.  Each stage will be broken into three sections corresponding to Trials, Triumphs and Tribulations.  Until … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Final Days

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

We hung around the Housatonic Valley Association’s office long enough to greet the staff when they came into work.  They gave us each a new HVA cap, prompted to do so by the condition of my current HVA cap from … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 52

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

Week 52 will be my second to last post reliving our walk across the country from ten years ago.  The final two days will be posted shortly after May 24, the tenth anniversary of when we finished the hike and … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 51

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

With the finish line in sight, our pace picked up through New Jersey.  As this was not part of any official route we chose whatever local and state roads provided the most direct route.  We encountered a diversity of people … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 50

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

What I remember most about the day we finished the ADT portion of our journey was working out the lyrics for the song I composed in my head back in Ohio, the song about kindness.  I came up with lyrics … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 49

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

Throughout our ADT journey we encountered a variety of sleeping arrangements.  Most often we slept outdoors, due mainly to the western, wilderness portion of the route.  Sleeping on church floors was not far behind, due to the wintry, heartland.  Much … Continue reading →

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