AUTHOR PROFILE: Michael Davidsen
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Profile: January 2008 to February 2008 - Battling Alzheimer Author: Michael Davidsen Location: Texas For her last two years, I was my 90-year-old grandmother's primary caregiver, moving into her spare bedroom shortly after her Alzheimer's diagnosis. Several of my other relatives have also been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. I don't think I have it myself, though my wife sometimes wonders. I try to write things down before I forget them. I work from my sixty-year-old Texas home as a freelance writer, blogger, curriculum developer, and website consultant. My wife has served as a counselor for domestic violence issues. Over the last thirty years, I have also lived with nearly twenty children, including one son. The Battling Alzheimers blog focuses on experiences and practical advice from Alzheimer's caregivers, loved ones, and patients, written from the perspective of a forgetful caregiver who has perhaps looked more deeply into a patient's eyes than some others have. Some Alzheimer's symptoms can be prevented or lessened, while others can be compensated for, but so far, Alzheimer's disease has no cure. But then, neither does death and old age. For now, can we create and reinforce happy memories, and not give up the fight?
Posts by Michael Davidsen:
- All my grandmother’s problems have been solved
- Alzheimer’s Disease in the Blogosphere, 2/28/08
- Pretty colorful language for an old lady
- Alzheimer’s disease is harder on the caretaker
- Cognitive impairment is striking fewer elderly people today
- Alzheimer’s that appears overnight? No.
- Can your loved one trust you?
- Easier conversation tips for people with Alzheimer’s
- Why do people with Alzheimer’s blame other people?
- Alzheimer’s Disease in the Blogosphere, 2/18/08
- The myth of Alzheimer’s disease?
- Rather than to hire someone with dementia to do a job, it’s easier to do it yourself.
- Putting people with Alzheimer’s to work, one grandma at a time
- Living to a century with a few major problems
- A more active lifestyle for people with Alzheimer’s
- Civil rights for Alzheimer’s patients
- Enjoying the world of dementia
- You deserve a break today.
- Can you remember what happened 90 years ago?
- Away From Her: a film about love, not just Alzheimer’s
- Alzheimer’s: patient or victim… or person?
- Alzheimer’s Disease News, Jan. 30, 2008
- Saving money by not treating the sick
- Alzheimer’s: need a shot in the neck?
- Where should Alzheimer’s patients live?
- How would you prepare if you knew sooner about Alzheimer’s?
- For the elderly, Alzheimer’s is not the only problem
- Respect for Alzheimer’s patients
- Paying attention: better than medicine?
- Fighting Alzheimer’s with water
- Did Aricept and Namenda help my grandmother?
- Who’s being cared for anyway?
- Alzheimer’s guilt and stress: how you can deal with it
- Humility is a great prevention
- Does Alzheimer’s change your character?
- Alzheimer’s in the Blogosphere: Jan. 10, 2008
- When does Alzheimer’s begin?
- When Alzheimer’s patients become angry about delusions
- Gentle prosthetic care for Alzheimer’s patients
- You have to be clever to be an Alzheimer’s patient
- Oily fish is brain medicine and here’s why
- Your brain could be diseased, but that might be okay
- Looking into my grandmother’s eyes
