[daughter chronicles] Slice 8: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.

Squeezed into a three-sided box. Nowhere to walk except straight ahead, into the blaze. I got up the morning after our social worker's call, knowing I could not go on the unhealthy way I had been. I stopped spinning my wheels in the sand pit where no help was to be had. I was no… Continue reading [daughter chronicles] Slice 8: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.

[daughter chronicles] Slice 7: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.

$2,800. to $3,200. a month for nursing care. $3,600. a month for memory care. Didn't matter where the senior care referral service sent me, or how many care homes I visited. A three-month deposit of a $43K per year price tag stared me in the face. Elderly residents strolled quietly about each care home, their… Continue reading [daughter chronicles] Slice 7: Living with Vascular Dementia when you don’t have it.