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In honor of Mother's Day we asked our blog readers to submit their stories by moms and about moms, real stories of love, life and caregiving. This first submission is a poem sent to us by Nancy K. whose mother resides at in Concord Park's Compass Memory Support Neighborhood in Concord, MA<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.alzcareblog.com/2013/05/10/honoring-mom-real-stories-by-real-people-haiku-letter-to-mom/' addthis:title='Honoring Mom: Real Stories by Real People – Haiku Letter to Mom ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style"></a></div>

Honoring Mom: Real Stories by Real People – Haiku Letter to Mom

Posted on May 10, 2013 | No Comments

In honor of Mother’s Day we asked our blog readers to submit their stories by moms and about moms, real stories of love, life and caregiving. This first submission is a poem sent to us by Nancy K. whose mother resides at in Concord Park’s Compass Memory Support Neighborhood in Concord, MA

To commemorate Father’s Day this Sunday, this weekend’s guest blogger is Mary Baum, Program Director, Compass Memory Support at Concord Park. She honors her father by providing a candid, detailed account of her...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.alzcareblog.com/2012/06/15/i-love-you-dad/' addthis:title='I Love You, Dad ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style"></a></div>

I Love You, Dad

Posted on June 15, 2012 | No Comments

To commemorate Father’s Day this Sunday, this weekend’s guest blogger is Mary Baum, Program Director, Compass Memory Support at Concord Park. She honors her father by providing a candid, detailed account of her…

Click the picture below and listen to real people affected by Alzheimer’s telling their personal stories.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.alzcareblog.com/2012/06/08/real-alzheimers-stories/' addthis:title='Real Alzheimer’s Stories ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style"></a></div>

Real Alzheimer’s Stories

Posted on June 8, 2012 | No Comments

Click the picture below and listen to real people affected by Alzheimer’s telling their personal stories.

This weekend’s guest bloggers are the daughters of Standish Village resident, Claire Sullivan. This is a poem written by her daughter, Pat: – Strangely Familiar by Pat Adams — She...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.alzcareblog.com/2012/05/12/strangely-familiar/' addthis:title='Strangely Familiar (Part Two) ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style"></a></div>

Strangely Familiar (Part Two)

Posted on May 12, 2012 | No Comments

This weekend’s guest bloggers are the daughters of Standish Village resident, Claire Sullivan. This is a poem written by her daughter, Pat: – Strangely Familiar by Pat Adams — She…

This weekend’s guest bloggers are the daughters of Standish Village resident, Claire Sullivan. This is her daughter Claire’s first hand account of her mothers’ experience with Alzheimer’s and what Mother’s...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.alzcareblog.com/2012/05/11/the-gift-in-alzheimer%e2%80%99s/' addthis:title='The Gift in Alzheimer’s (Part One) ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style"></a></div>

The Gift in Alzheimer’s (Part One)

Posted on May 11, 2012 | No Comments

This weekend’s guest bloggers are the daughters of Standish Village resident, Claire Sullivan. This is her daughter Claire’s first hand account of her mothers’ experience with Alzheimer’s and what Mother’s…

“Thoughts on My Grandfather”

Posted on May 1, 2012 | No Comments

This blog post is part of our “Real Stories” series featuring the actual experiences of real people impacted by Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia or other memory-related disorders. This submission is from…

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