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“Still Alice”: A Review from an Alzheimer’s Care Partner
February 9, 2015
Let me begin by saying I feel people cannot be objective about this movie. I understand that. It’s the first mainstream Hollywood movie about something so un-glamorous, Alzheimer’s! I may come across as harsh, but I think I have the right to be. I tried googling for more unbiased and educated views about the film, […]
Love in the Time of Alzheimer’s
February 3, 2013
Sid sent me this article about the reaction of a person living with dementia to an old photograph. The man in this article seems to be in the middle stages of dementia. When he looked at an old photograph of himself with his girlfriend from decades ago, he recognized that the woman in the picture loved […]
A Living Example of Horrifying History
March 18, 2010
I saw 4-year old Aditya dangling from his mother’s arms. I wondered why she would ‘handle’ a child that way. And I soon found out why. I edged closer to see that the boy was unkempt. Dirty clothes, saliva drooping, eyes crisscrossed…the works. He was mumbling to himself and walking, rather stumbling at every step. […]
Home Care or Institutionalization?
February 3, 2010
Since “The Caregivers’ Foundation” has happened, a lot of people just open up to me. I think it is the realization that one who has gone through pain, will understand the pain of someone in the same situation. I don’t know if it holds true for everyone, but somehow, I do feel it is pain […]
“Buddy” Diaries: Week 1
December 1, 2009
I reached the Vora household and was welcomed in with warm words. I saw him sitting on a sofa looking at me with disinterested curiosity. He took off his spectacles to look a little more closely, and then said, “How are you? You met me in the street, no…a few days ago. You were there […]
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From Outside The Mall 
May 4, 2017
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