Opinion: Alzheimer’s has turned her into a child again, but she’s still my mom, writes BrianGaffneyFNC
My mother has lived with Alzheimer’s for almost 10 years. Caring for her has been like raising a child in reverse—every month she does less for herself. That’s heartbreaking. But keeping her with us, instead of in a nursing home, has been more enriching than I imagined.
Mom was a 75-year-old widow in Florida when my siblings and I learned of her dementia. We’d flown in for a family vacation and walked into an intervention by her friends. After the vacation, she flew straight to my sister’s home in New York.
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