Litsy

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What a downer. I don't think I want to ever see a memory care unit nor be faced with the possibility of placing a loved one or being placed in one ever. Don't read for a good time, but to induce thought provoking tears over the loss of a pool/lifestyle, and mind.

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh no! We recently placed my grandmother in a memory care center and I swear there are good ones out there! She is seriously having the time of her life meeting new people and going on outings. And we are all such better company for her now that we are not as exhausted as we were before the move. Funny thing about memory, I know I read this but I don't remember it well 🤣 3w

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TheSpineView

Hour of the Bees | Lindsay Eagar

#CoverLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#White

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Eggs Nicely done 🤍🤍🤍 5mo

TheSpineView @Eggs 🙂 5mo

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AmandaBlaze

Swimmers | Julie Otsuka

#SummerSouls #Pool
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Pretty🩵🏊‍♀️ 🩵 7mo

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Lizpixie

I'm Still Here: A Breakthrough Approach to Understanding Someone Living with Alzheimer's | John Zeisel

Hi everyone👋I‘m still around, still breathing, just in the worst book slump of my life & honestly, a little bit of depression too. But I‘m fighting back & going to try and force a few chapters a day to get my book brain back into gear. Books are still coming in so if I don‘t try and read some soon, I‘ll either die under a book avalanche or the hubby will throttle me! So hopefully, I‘ll be around a bit more!🤞🤞🤞(my grandbubba jumping puddles👆)

TheBookHippie ♥️ 7mo

IndoorDame ♥️🤗 7mo

KadaGul Absolutely Adorable ☔🌈🌺🌼👦#Spring 7mo

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Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 7mo

AmyG I hope you feel better soon. And let me say, my grandson would go nuts for all that fabulous truck rain gear! 7mo

Tamra Hang in there! 7mo

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 7mo

DaveGreen7777 Hope you feel better soon! 🙏 7mo

BarbaraBB 🩷🩷 take care, we‘ll be waiting! 7mo

Read4life 💙💙💙 7mo

MaureenMc 💗💗💗 7mo

marleed Take care of yourself. I hope you find warm waters await when you jump into your pool of books! 7mo

julesG Jumping puddles is fun!! Take care of yourself, Liz! 7mo

CarolynM Nice to see you, and nice to see your grandson getting some fun from the awful weather in Sydney the last week! (edited) 7mo

Roary47 I‘m sorry. I hope you are feeling better real soon. 💛 7mo

Lizpixie @TheBookHippie @IndoorDame @KadaGul @Librarybelle @Tamra @Ruthiella @DaveGreen7777 @BarbaraBB @Read4life @MaureenMc @marleed @julesG @Roary47 thank you all for your words, it helps a lot to read them.♥️♥️♥️ 7mo

Lizpixie @AmyG I can see your grandson is as obsessed as mine! One of his favorite things is watching the road construction crew outside his daycare everyday. They actually wave the buckets of the diggers at him now!🚜 7mo

Lizpixie @carolynm thanks lovely, the only ones happy about this weather are plants, frogs and little boys!🌧️🌂 7mo

AmyG Ha! Oh I get it. He must be beside himself with joy! 7mo

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Honeybeebooks

Carolina Moonset | Matt Goldman

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A son visiting his parents in SC. A beautiful neighbor. A father with dementia. A stormy night murder. To protect his father, Joey must understand his father‘s vivid memories of a terrible loss and crime. Digging into the past reveals much more than a motive for murder. My first Goldman, but it will not be my last. Carolina Moonset is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️+ pick for me.

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jenniferw88

Elizabeth Is Missing | Emma Healey

#roll100 pick for April. @PuddleJumper

LiteraryinPA I really liked this book back when I read it! 9mo

Cathythoughts Sounds good. Stacked. 9mo

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 9mo

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CarolynM

The Illuminations | Andrew O'Hagan

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This has been my handbag book for the past few weeks. Elderly Anne is succumbing to dementia (in a gentle way, so not too confronting) & the truth of her life is on the way to being lost with her memories. Meanwhile her beloved grandson, Luke, is fighting in Afghanistan and losing the last of his illusions about honour & loyalty. The military scenes are far from heroic, but all the more effective for it. Very moving.

BarbaraBB A touching subject 💔 10mo

Cathythoughts Lovely review, stacked. ♥️ 10mo

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JenniferEgnor

Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End | Tia Powell

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I have been trying to read as much as I can about neurological conditions such as Alzheimer‘s and Dementia. Volunteering in Hospice, and working a for few months in home health has taught me a lot. My father and step-mom both have Alzheimer‘s, so these books are very helpful but it‘s still hard. This book discusses some history of mental illness and its institutions, and stories of loved ones who have had these diseases. It discusses the⬇️

JenniferEgnor problems with funding, visibility and compassion. It also discusses the ongoing search for a cure. The author lays out her own plans should this happen to her, as it did her mother. Unfortunately, as of now, there is no medically assisted death available for Alzheimer‘s and Dementia, given the requirements the diseases fail to meet along timelines and cognition. For me, that is what I would want; just to check out and call it a night, by any⬇️ 10mo

JenniferEgnor means within my availability. I don‘t want to exist as a shell, the real me being lost forever. If you are looking for a book about caregiving, this isn‘t it, though it is educational and worth reading. Shown: my husband and I with my father and step-mom, last weekend. She told me her grandmother was 200 years old; she gave the cat human cereal with milk in a bowl instead of her cat food; and we saw banana peels that my father placed inside⬇️ (edited) 10mo

JenniferEgnor the storm door frame. You don‘t know what the next moments might bring; you just have to go with it and love them through it. 10mo

TieDyeDude ❤ It is great that you work in home health, but it must be tough having to “bring your work home,“ for lack of a better term. I'm glad you were able to get something out of this book. 10mo

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CarolynM

The Illuminations | Andrew O'Hagan

Too true, I fear ☹️

julesG Guess so. Definitely one of the reasons my son signed up. 11mo

Reggie The guy who does the Talking Scared posits that during the early 2000s every zombie you had to shoot dead in a video game was always a person of color for a reason. 10mo

CarolynM @Reggie I‘m sure he‘s right. It‘s deeply disturbing. 10mo

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