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How do you deal with dementia and OCD in someone that you love?

I’m very tired and trying to keep my hopes and attitude high.   I am someone who has prided myself in having more faith, hope and love than most people do.  I see myself as persevering and doing it with a smile.  I’m afraid that I’m feeling the thinning of those virtues and even forgetting to […]

New Hope for OCD in "The Brain That Changes Itself"

New Hope for OCD in “The Brain That Changes Itself”

I’ve been doing a lot of studying about Mom’s condition and I really think that she’s pretty classic OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  I’ve been reading and will share more with you, when I get home from Mexico.  But, the best hope that we have is for Mom to be able to realize that her fears […]

Our Older generation is a treasure we're hiding...

Our Older generation is a treasure we’re hiding…

Our older generation is a treasure that we’re hiding… There is something that has happened in our society, in our culture. That thing is the hiding of our precious gems. Somehow, most young people were not raised to value the old. Have we unknowingly created this community value or should I say, “lack of community […]

Dena Kleinsorge moves to Heidi’s Chateau, Assisted Living

Dena Kleinsorge Moves to Heidi’s Assisted Living A week ago, today, Mom moved into Heidi’s Assisted Living in Montrose. She had been in Sunrise Creek Memory Care Unit for two week prior. Sunrise Creek was a beautiful place. But, Mom is more functional than most of the Alzheimer’s residents that are there. Mom doesn’t have […]

The faith of a child…

What a week, it’s been, already!  Craig and Stefi leave for the Iowa farm, tomorrow and will be gone for 3 weeks.  I’m trying NOT to think about it.  But, I know that I’ll miss them, terribly.  Especially Stefi, who has made my life so much more livable this summer.  Her faith has impressed me […]