Finding humor in absurd situations. I received letters from my mother over a course of several months regarding “The Avis Situation.”  We didn’t know at the time that stroke survivors, Alzheimer’s patients, and people with other dementia related diseases often display ... Read More

Finding humor in absurd situations. As a family caregiver, dementia-related inappropriate sexual behavior can be shocking and upsetting.  As professional caregiver, it can be confusing and frustrating, as kindness toward a patient with Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases is ... Read More

We are so thrilled you folks are coming over Labor Day.  Quentin will be asking me every few days if that is the day you are coming.  He is really confused now. . . He has asked me any number of times if this was the day someone was coming.  He wanted to know what date you were coming.  I told ... Read More

I think I told you about Quentin’s recent obsession with sex. . . Last week he asked me if I thought I would ever want to have sex with him again. (We had our last romantic encounter the Sunday before he had his stroke.)  I told him that part of our marriage was over.  He then asked me if I ... Read More

Speaking of jobs – I need for you folks to talk to Quentin when you’re home.  He’s got it in his head that we could have sex again if “I would just help him. . . ” I told him a few weeks ago that wasn’t going to happen.  The next day he asked me to call Avis.  I didn’t.  He asked ... Read More