by Pennie Nichols | May 28, 2023 | Alzheimer's Essays
Go in, whether your person is dying at home or in a facility for their safety and comfort. Normalize dying. You won’t be sorry. The dying have beautiful gifts if we’re willing to enter, sit with them, see them. And your visit is a gift.
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by Pennie Nichols | May 27, 2023 | Alzheimer's Essays
Almost everything will slip away on the Alzheimer’s journey. Those moments when an air pocket of their essence bubbles to the surface are almost everything. A reminder of the person we’re losing. A hint that they’re still with us.
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by Pennie Nichols | May 26, 2023 | Alzheimer's Essays
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by Pennie Nichols | May 25, 2023 | Alzheimer's Essays
Against all odds, we found flickers of brightness, a smile, pointing at a flower, recognizing a face, even happiness when the house was full of family and friends.
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by Pennie Nichols | May 24, 2023 | Alzheimer's Essays
The disease chips away at the pieces of your person so.very.slowly, but when a piece breaks off, it’s heart-numbing and sudden.
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