Alzheimer's Archives

What are the Alzheimers Core Conditions?

Posted on May 17, 2015
by Vicky Hartley

- by Maggie La Tourelle I realised that, in order for Mum to have the best experience possible at this time, certain core conditions needed to be satisfied. Being her Companion Mum is in the care home now and to my surprise she is settled…

Personal Development

The BIG Move

Posted on April 27, 2015
by Vicky Hartley

- by Maggie La Tourelle The Dreaded Question Should we put Mum into a care home? Despite good care in the community and some additional private care at home, after a couple of years things with Mum were becoming unmanageable. The crunch came when on…

Personal Development

Alzheimer’s: To Know or Not to Know?

Posted on April 22, 2015
by Vicky Hartley

After the diagnosis, what happens next? I was caring from a distance and I was so busy dealing with the new situations that were constantly arising I had no time to find out some of the facts which admittedly were less accessible in 2000 than…

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The Alzheimer’s Diagnosis & Information

Posted on April 7, 2015
by Vicky Hartley

- by Maggie La Tourelle To know or not to know, that is the question. When I learned in 2000 that Mum had been diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s, or probable Alzheimer’s, I remember I was shocked and, although I knew little about the disease, I…

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Still Alice and Beyond

Posted on April 2, 2015
by Watkins

- by Maggie La Tourelle In the film, Still Alice, the gift of Alzheimer’s comes at the very end, when Alice’s daughter asks her mum, ‘What was it about?’ and Alice replies, ‘Love’. For me this is the most beautiful moment in the film and…

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Life’s Challenges & Alzheimer’s

Posted on March 16, 2015
by Vicky Hartley

- by Maggie La Tourelle This blog post is the first of a series to explore the issues raised by Maggie La Tourelle's book, The Gift of Alzheimer’s. The book documents a heart and soul journey with the author's mother who had Alzheimer’s. It deals…