Category Archives: True Love
Physical Decline – The Trials
Stages of Decline Series Outline: Seventh Installment Though we associate Alzheimer’s and dementia with cognitive decline, Cindy’s physical decline caused me greater sadness. Known as an Expedition Woman by her long distance hiking peers, and a woman with the best … Continue reading
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Cognitive Decline – The Triumphs
Stages of Decline Series Outline: Sixth Installment. Once Cindy was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s we decided we would share our experiences on the Humanity Hiker blog. We faced the customary trials and tribulations of people with Alzheimer’s, but determined we … Continue reading
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Cognitive Decline – The Tribulations
<Stages of Decline series outline: fifth installment. Please subscribe to be alerted to each post and video in the series, and to help generate search engine publicity.> I am shifting the order within each stage of decline to present “Triumphs” … Continue reading
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Cognitive Decline – The Trials
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
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
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
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
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
An Important Discussion to Have
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
June 2022 Update
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