Category Archives: Home Care Journal

The inspirational and informational chronicles of a long term home caregiver for a spouse and best friend with Alzheimer’s.

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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Happy New Year 2023

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

In 2022 I blogged about our 2011-2012 walk across the country again, this time sharing the adventure while acknowledging Cindy’s cognitive decline as a motivating factor for the journey.  That ended in June and I submitted less than a handful … Continue reading →

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An Important Discussion to Have

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

The topic of nursing homes has been broached in the Sinclair family, with suggestions that I should be open to the idea of placing Cindy in one.  As an important topic for almost every family at some point I share … Continue reading →

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Coverage at Last!

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

This blog began with our walk across the country from 2011-2012, revisiting that journey again last year.  In between I reported on our hike of the PCT and how Cindy and I have done our best to live well despite … Continue reading →

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June 2022 Update

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

A year ago I began a review of our walk across the country, from May 2011-May 2012.  I retold our story by being open about Cindy’s cognitive decline at the time, a decline that reversed during the hike but resumed … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 38

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

During this stretch trail angels offered us kindness in a variety of ways; our response varied as well.  On the first day we stopped at a store in a small hamlet and asked the proprietor if he had a bathroom … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 36

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

Our 15 miles of fame from Evansville print and television media extended further.  As we continued on roads through this stretch people hailed us from passing cars, from workplaces we passed and even from a graveyard (a live person visiting … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 31

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

The day after the potluck supper at the St. Paul UCC in Hermann, Jack and Pat Wendleton brought us back to where we left off on the Katy, treating us to breakfast at a trailside restaurant.  We hiked back to … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 27

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Humanity Hiker

For the long distance hikes lasting that long, Thanksgiving always treated me spectacularly. In 1977 few people had yet to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, with our group of four being among the first one hundred.  The number finishing at … Continue reading →

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