“Get out, get out, get out…you stupid b***!” she screams repeatedly, beyond physical exhaustion and vocal strain. She is a woman who has dementia, and she is not talking to another person, she is talking to an image perceived of in her mind.
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I’ve come to recognize a particular sound. The sound of a walker as it thumps, drags, and scrapes across the floor. My husband, Mark, is now using a walker. I’m not sure if he is pushing the walker or the walker is pulling him. Whichever it is, I am grateful it is keeping my husband
My journey through deep loss was also a transformation back into my heart. This deeply personal odyssey began with my husband’s spinal cord stroke that shook the very foundation of our lives. A long caregiving chapter had begun—a period marked by chaos and obstacles that tested my resilience and demanded introspection and understanding of
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So, how do we protect our loved ones in a world where the use of AI and voice replication has made discerning what’s real from what is fake even harder?
This is one of the challenges of caregiving in the twenty-first century that isn’t discussed enough.
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My mother Ruth’s favorite artist was a Dutch painter, Anton Pieck. The very fine details in his prints inspired her to spend hours cutting out and gluing small images on top of each other until they popped right off the page to her satisfaction.
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