New blog for family caregivers

Kathy Hatfield publishes a blog for family caregivers, KnowItAlz.com, that offers “the lighter side of caregiving”.

Here’s a sample entry:

Dad and I took a nice ride in theconvertible yesterday.  We live in North Carolina, and it is warm, butusually you cannot go “top down” in late February.  Dad’s first car was a convertible.  A1932 Model A Ford convertible.  He remembers that all right.  He hadseven convertibles in all, the last one sold by my mother’s fathershortly after my parents married.  My mother had beautiful hair, andthat was what ended the convertible days for Dad.  She was moreimportant.  Each time we ride without the top, hetells me again and again that he missed the convertible for those fortyyears, but he would do it all again for that beautiful hair. 

Sometimes when you live with someone with dementia, the repeating of stories drives you crazy. That one, he can repeat a million times.

Visit the blog at http://www.knowitalz.com/