“ The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. Lao Tzu
“ Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times. Steven Magee
“ Many of us follow the commandment 'Love One Another.' When it relates to caregiving, we must love one another with boundaries. We must acknowledge that we are included in the 'Love One Another. Peggi Speers
“ The reason I might forget something is because my mind is like a computer. I have so much useless stuff stored up in there, that when I forget to clean out my Mind's Cache, it has no room for new info… James Hauenstein
“ Tears water our eyes.Remember, mom soothes, like the beautiful blooms beneath the weeds, Nana is still Nana underneath. Kathryn Harrison
“ I've had an amazing life. One filled with blessings I could never have imagined.Depressed is the last thing I am. Realistic, yes. Sad, never. Viola Shipman
“ Someday, I suppose I’ll give up, and sit in the rocking chair. But I’ll probably be rocking fast, because I don’t know what I’ll do without a job. Pat Summitt
“ What made Olive the saddest about the Gardners was that everyone wanted to be enshrined in someone’s memory. It was the only way of living on after death, really: in the minds of loved ones. Memories… Andrea Lochen
“ If you knew you were going to lose your memorybut you could choose five things you’d never forget, what would they be—a certain face, a taste, a scent,a touch; how deepin this, the middle of your life… Kristen Henderson
“ Was the dementia of old age a blessing in disguise? No more thoughts. No more damage inflicted. No more memories of damage survived. Janet Turpin Myers
“ They say you can never step into the same river twice. And maybe that's how it was for Papi now, memories shifting and re-forming soundlessly beneath him while the rest of us sat on the shore and watc… Sarah Ockler
“ But I knew he wouldn't kiss me. Not tonight. Not like this. There was too much between us now, all the words and near misses. All the potential, the alternate futures that would stretch out before us… Sarah Ockler
“ Even though people experiencing dementia become unable to recount what has just happened, they still go through the experience—even without recall. The psychological present lasts about three seconds.… Judy Cornish
“ Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.--Dementia Patient, Rose from The Inspired Caregiver Peggi Speers
“ Offering care means being a companion, not a superior. It doesn’t matter whether the person we are caring for is experiencing cancer, the flu, dementia, or grief.If you are a doctor or surgeon, your e… Judy Cornish
“ My short-term factual memory can be like water; events are a brief disturbance on the surface and then it closes back up again, as if nothing ever touched it. But it’s a strange fact that my long-term… Pat Summitt
