{"quotes":[{"text":"And sometimeswhen she does remember,she calls me her little angeland she knows where she isand everything is all rightfor a second or a minuteand then we cry;she for the life that she lostI for the woman I only know about through the stories of her children.","author":"Rebecca Rijsdijk","tags":["alzheimers","carer","dementia","grief-and-loss","loss"],"id":10595,"author_id":"Rebecca+Rijsdijk"},{"text":"The evening's light, silvery, casts its dull brightness onto the trees--trees gelid in this blue light of winter. But whiteness dominates with the pines and evergreens steeped in vibrant grades of silver. I hear notes in the mist, like silvery chattering, coins in a pocket, the jangle of keys. Pg 217.","author":"S.K. Kalsi","tags":["delerium","dementia","hallucinations","memory","nature-writing","winter"],"id":10617,"author_id":"S.K.+Kalsi"},{"text":"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.","author":"Peggi Speers","tags":["alzheimer-s","alzheimers","caregiver","caregiving","caring","caring-for-others","dementia","love","for-caregivers","for-women","on-love","to-live-by","self-care"],"id":29649,"author_id":"Peggi+Speers"},{"text":"Her ability to use language, that thing that most separates humans from animals, was leaving her, and she was feeling less and less human as it departed. She's said a tearful good-bye to okay some time ago.","author":"Lisa Genova","tags":["alzheimer-s-disease","dementia","language","memory-loss"],"id":37097,"author_id":"Lisa+Genova"},{"text":"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 expertise and knowledge comes from a superior position. But when our role is to be providers of care, we should be there as equals.","author":"Judy Cornish","tags":["acceptance","age","aging parents","alzheimer","alzheimer s","alzheimers","awareness","caregiver","caregiving","caregiving-motivational","caregiving","caring-for-others","conscious","dementia","elder-care","emotions","empowerment","enlighten","home","hope","journey","judy-cornish","kindness","memory","mindfulness","parents","patience","quote","and-sayings","teaching","wise-words"],"id":37651,"author_id":"Judy+Cornish"},{"text":"You will never experience personal growth, if you fear taking chances. And, you will never become successful, if you operate without integrity.","author":"T.A. Sorensen","tags":["ageing","alzheimers","caregiving","dementia","eldercare","health","nonfiction","tribute"],"id":50706,"author_id":"T.A.+Sorensen"},{"text":"Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.--Dementia Patient, Rose from The Inspired Caregiver.","author":"Peggi Speers","tags":["aging","aging parents","alzheimer s","alzheimers","caregiver","caregivers","caregiving","dementia","elder-care","hope","inspiration","inspirational","on-hope"],"id":53509,"author_id":"Peggi+Speers"},{"text":"Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver.","author":"Peggi Speer and Tia Walker","tags":["aging","aging parent","alzheimer","alzheimer s","alzheimers elder care","care-give","care-giving","caregiver","caregivers","caregiving","caretaker","dementia","elder-care","hope","inspirational","inspirational","inspiring-on-life","motivation","perserverence","on-hope","on-inspiration","on-perserverence"],"id":56739,"author_id":"Peggi+Speer+and+Tia+Walker"},{"text":"Caregiving will never be one-size-fits-all.","author":"Nancy L. Kriseman","tags":["alzheimer s caregiver","alzheimers","alzheimers elder care","caregiver","caregiver motivational","caregiver","caregivers","dementia","elder-care","elderly-care","mindful","mindfulness","mindfulness-practice"],"id":70810,"author_id":"Nancy+L.+Kriseman"},{"text":"This woman had no idea who I was. She has no idea I was once a smoker, was thrown out of boarding school twice and a certified rebel with strong opinions. To her, I was new, fresh, immaculate to the bone. This was all strangely wonderful.","author":"Suzka","tags":["dementia","dementialand","memory","memory-loss"],"id":91566,"author_id":"Suzka"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":46,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}