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Miriam Green
Jul 17, 20194 min read
Limitations
We lost a friend to cancer this week. She was my mother’s age. I visited her a few hours before she died, and it was clear that she had...
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Miriam Green
Jul 10, 20193 min read
Love
My mom seemed sluggish today during our visit: eyes half closed, a slurring of words. “I used to love you,” she said, part of her almost...
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Miriam Green
Jul 3, 20193 min read
Alzheimer's and Menopause
Why are women twice as prone to Alzheimer’s as men? That’s the question that Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Associate Director of the Alzheimer's...
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Miriam Green
Jun 26, 20195 min read
The Mystery of the Ripped Pants
Twice now in the space of a few weeks, we’ve been handed a pair of Mom’s summer pants with a big rip on the left hand side. The tear is...
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Miriam Green
Jun 19, 20193 min read
Core Family
We were sitting together, the four of us, our core family: my brother Simon visiting from California, my parents, and me. It gave me the...
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Miriam Green
Jun 12, 20193 min read
Ice Cream, You Scream
With the hot summer approaching, the residents of Mom’s care facility have weekly ice cream treats at tea time. A small cup of sorbet...
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Miriam Green
Jun 5, 20194 min read
Saved by an Accordion
It has been one year since my mom was moved to her Alzheimer’s care facility, one year of searing emotional upheavals and adjusting to a...
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Miriam Green
May 29, 20193 min read
Mirror, Mirror
Mom was sitting in her usual seat when I entered the common room at her care facility. She was intently “playing” with a game matching...
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Miriam Green
May 22, 20193 min read
Still Here
When my dad is away, as he is this week, I try to visit my mom each day, even if only for a short while, so that I can verify with my own...
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Miriam Green
May 15, 20195 min read
Time in a Bottle
Recently, I’ve been struggling with the notion of time. How do I divide my time when my loved one is in an institution? Is there any...
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Miriam Green
May 8, 20193 min read
A Happy Unbirthday
It is hard to write and post a blog on this heavy Memorial Day in Israel. We remember the 23,741 souls who have fallen in wars and in...
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Miriam Green
May 1, 20194 min read
The Kindness of Death
Sometimes death is a kindness. That’s what I was thinking when my dad and I attended the funeral of a gentle soul who had been battling...
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Miriam Green
Apr 17, 20193 min read
Bread of Affliction
The holiday of Passover starts this week. But Alzheimer's sufferers will not recognize that Friday night will be different from all other...
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Miriam Green
Apr 10, 20193 min read
Drink, Drink, Drink
It amazes me how easy it is to manipulate Mom by using her Alzheimer’s. I rely on her non-existent memory to help her do things I want...
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Miriam Green
Apr 3, 20193 min read
Out of the Closet
I finally saw Mom today after three days of being sick. I had stayed away because I didn’t want her to catch my cold. I think of her as...
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Miriam Green
Mar 27, 20193 min read
Where Are You?
It happened unexpectedly, a feeling I did not anticipate, a depression as I walked away from Mom’s residence. For the first time in a...
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Miriam Green
Mar 20, 20194 min read
Nutritional Drinks
Many hospitals and senior care facilities give supplemental nutrition drinks to their patients or residents. These drinks typically...
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Miriam Green
Mar 13, 20193 min read
Vacation
My dad is on vacation. He is, as I write, in California with my brother Simon. I am so proud of him for taking this opportunity to live...
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Miriam Green
Mar 6, 20193 min read
Time Bandit
Sometimes there are large billboards on the side of the road that seem to scream out at you as you drive by. I felt I was passing one...
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Miriam Green
Feb 20, 20194 min read
Jealousy
I got annoyed with Mom today. Not for what she was doing, but because I wanted something from her. I wanted her to pay attention to me....
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