The title of the article revealed that Alzheimer’s afflicts women more than men, both as victims and as caregivers. This alone is deserving of an article, as the title implied, but the article soon morphed into being about the economic … Continue reading
Alzheimer Economics
I’m focused on raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s these days, yet my social systems awareness from earlier endeavors impacts my approach. As I search for Alzheimer’s articles to comment on here, or post on other social media sites, I … Continue reading
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Can There Be Too Much Caregiving?
I read a blog entry today that reflected on a hazard of caregiving, becoming addicted to being the caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s. As the disease progresses you have to do more and more for the person until, in … Continue reading
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Sticky: Our Final Journey
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I created this web site to first tell the story of a 5,000 mile walk across the county along the American Discovery Trail, with posts from May 2011 – May 2012, and retold that journey recently from a different perspective. … Continue reading
American Discovery – First Movement – First Draft – Beautiful Day
I am working on a symphonic presentation of our American Discovery Trail journey. I will compose the original themes, then other musicians and composers will embellish. This is all being done to raise funds for early onset dementia research, the cause I’m now devoted to considering what has happened to Cindy.
Here is the very first draft. If you are a musician or composer that wants to be involved in this innovative and worthy project in some way, please let me now.
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The Kindness of Resurrection and Deven
This is a great story I came across today. A couple who met in a homeless shelter were able to pick their lives back up. The reception for their wedding was bringing food to homeless people. Read up!
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Academic Kindness
Not exactly a catch title, but this is about a site that features ongoing reports of academic kindness. On the one hand I was surprised by someone feeling the need to create such a site, unawares that academics might have a reputation for being unkind. On the other hand I can see where academics can belong to their work over belonging to others. It’s good to have a site that can provide testimony otherwise.
Here is the Tumblr site. I’m going to make this available as one of my kindness links as well.
Kindness from a Second Place Runner
They discuss an interesting question here. What would YOU do?
Kindness in Prairie Village, KS
A kind of “Pay it forward” thing is taking shape in Kansas City, Missouri, emanating from one woman.
Kindness near Harrisburg, PA
A trucker helps a family get home when traffic backs up on I81 near Harrisburg.
