Category Archives: Alzheimer’s and other dementias
Alzheimer’s and missing trees
When we look at Alzheimer’s, especially in a nursing home, we may miss the trees for the forest. We hear the din and see the varied ways people have to become confused. We think “If I had to work here … Continue reading
Still point of the turning world
The still point of the turning world Is this still point holding it all together Held as well by people with Alzheimer’s “Dis-”ease? :- Doug.
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A new direction of thought:
A new direction of thought for me: Are folks with dementia exploring for us, pointing us to, a reality that is where we come from and to where we are headed? (I don’t like the feeling of that: I feel … Continue reading
An Alzhaiku
The world becomes whole undifferentiated confused? Maybe not :- Doug.
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to lose your mind
It’s hard to lose your mind It’s hard to realize it’s happened Actually, it’s easy to lose your mind :- Doug.
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A young man hired to clean
I am a young man hired to keep clean the workshop of one Thomas A Edison. What a man. So out of touch with the world around him, like all the men he employs in his workshop. Fiddling forever with … Continue reading
Nursing homes as laboratories of discovery
People with Alzheimer’s may be more than we in touch with what it means to be alive, to be spiritual. They may be taking us to break-through. Nursing homes may be laboratories of discovery. :- Doug.
People who are demented need to converse
People who are demented need to converse with us. How do we do that? First, get over our fear of them. Second, get beyond conversing as words. Meet in the more essential—the human. :- Doug.
Alzheimer’s freed
To have Alzheimer’s is to be freed from the ravages of memory. :- Doug.
brain plasticity?
What if Alzheimer’s is brain plasticity? :- Doug.
Fritz?
How to nudge someone whose memory is on the fritz? :- Doug.
The baby coos and gurgles
The baby coos and gurgles We smile The old man coos and gurgles We cringe For one we have been there And know what joys lie ahead For the other we fear we may know Something else that is ahead … Continue reading
My mind could go away
My mind could go away, as in Alzheimer’s for instance. My ability to write, to think, to pray, to meditate. And then would I not be meditating all day, just being present to what was happening inside and out? :- … Continue reading