Written Jan 23, 2017.
Husband, five, and Mom, three years, have passed.
Seems like yesterday.
I've moved forward -- my way.
My Mother.
Start to live again, I'm told.
You "deserve" a life.
My life has been. . .Continues to be. . . Service to others.
Do we tell someone who's lost a loved one to Cancer to stop speaking out?
How about saying to someone who has MS there's no longer need to walk for MS, talk about the "disease" or any other?
If I am silent,
TODAY'S COMMON REACTION TO CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY IS to drug them. It's not new, practiced for decades.
Make them docile. End the behaviour through the simple swallowing of a compound that may be an underlying cause of the behaviour.
My life has been. . .Continues to be. . . Service to others.
Do we tell someone who's lost a loved one to Cancer to stop speaking out?
How about saying to someone who has MS there's no longer need to walk for MS, talk about the "disease" or any other?
It's over now, get on with your own life.
You can't do anything different.
You can't do anything different.
What happened, happened.
I am
I am
The voice of those overwhelmed
The hands of those trying to balance life
The voice of those who have passed,
If I am silent,
Their passing would be in vain
Others could suffer the same mistreatment.
Relationships and families tearing apart.
Tomorrow's capabilities through today's revelations.
If only I had known ...
If only someone would have...
I raise my voice
Listen, Reach Out, Walk alongside
My Journey Continues
People seem to not want to talk about Dementia.
People seem to not want to talk about Dementia.
They're willing to talk about Alzheimer's, the Association for the disease has made this one part of Dementia more "palatable" and more "acceptable" because the name doesn't detail as directly the fact the disease is MENTAL.
MENTAL CHALLENGES ARE STILL VERY FORBIDDEN AREAS OF DISCUSSION.
My husband also had mental processing challenges due to the administration of several drugs.
MENTAL CHALLENGES ARE STILL VERY FORBIDDEN AREAS OF DISCUSSION.
My husband also had mental processing challenges due to the administration of several drugs.
DEMENTIA LIKE BEHAVIOURS AREN'T LIMITED TO AN AGE.
Down's Syndrome. Multiple Sclerosis. Concussion. Brain Damage due to accident or birth related affect lives, Medications
Mental Health is often thought of as either being a grave illness, a birth defect or an accident of life.
Mental Health management to most medical practitioners means use of drugs to alter or control.
Down's Syndrome. Multiple Sclerosis. Concussion. Brain Damage due to accident or birth related affect lives, Medications
Mental Health is often thought of as either being a grave illness, a birth defect or an accident of life.
Mental Health management to most medical practitioners means use of drugs to alter or control.
I seek to find other ways to see, understand and find ways to caregive for and with loved ones.
Visiting our friend in Mom's previous "home", her Long Term Care, I overheard a woman who was leaving the facility talking about her husband.
She said how "good" he was when she arrived.
Visiting our friend in Mom's previous "home", her Long Term Care, I overheard a woman who was leaving the facility talking about her husband.
She said how "good" he was when she arrived.
Then, she said, he ate and his "behaviour" became difficult.
She said "THEY" were going to have to do something.
Give him something to change the way he was.
DRUGS. GIVE HIM MORE DRUGS.
DRUGS. GIVE HIM MORE DRUGS.
Alter his behaviour to reflect what "she" felt comfortable with.
He was expressing feeling, need or concern.
He was expressing feeling, need or concern.
It was not in a way "she" found acceptable.
A wife like many medical professionals.
Seeing what's on the surface not looking for the cause.
The husband could have a reaction to meds he's being given.
The husband could have unfulfilled needs.
The husband could have a reaction to meds he's being given.
The husband could have unfulfilled needs.
He might have had a bladder or bowel release and was uncomfortable but his declining mind could only interpret it through anger, hostility or negative action.
TODAY'S COMMON REACTION TO CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY IS to drug them. It's not new, practiced for decades.
Make them docile. End the behaviour through the simple swallowing of a compound that may be an underlying cause of the behaviour.
Delaying, not resolving, never recognizing it's not control the person is displaying, it's the inability to affect possibly physically and/or mentally.
How many drugs have we found once thought to cure or solve a problem cause severe reactions, complications worse than the problem, or even DEATH.
Remember Thalidomide? Look it up. Use the Internet to learn from respected, non partisan sources to grow knowledge and find ways to support positive actions.
We don't consider "aging" to move from being an infant through to an adult, but it is.
We don't consider "aging" as a negative and something to want to turn away from or fear until we start to listen to the voices chanting the mantra of AGEISM.
Listen carefully to what is said around you, to the voices crying out and the whispers that surround -- see the change, the rotation, the movement from those who "have been" to those who "are becoming".
Watch and listen closely.
How many drugs have we found once thought to cure or solve a problem cause severe reactions, complications worse than the problem, or even DEATH.
Remember Thalidomide? Look it up. Use the Internet to learn from respected, non partisan sources to grow knowledge and find ways to support positive actions.
We don't consider "aging" to move from being an infant through to an adult, but it is.
We don't consider "aging" as a negative and something to want to turn away from or fear until we start to listen to the voices chanting the mantra of AGEISM.
Listen carefully to what is said around you, to the voices crying out and the whispers that surround -- see the change, the rotation, the movement from those who "have been" to those who "are becoming".
Watch and listen closely.
Open your eyes, your mind and your heart.
Look beneath, beyond and read between the lines.
We do not age as one.
Look beneath, beyond and read between the lines.
We do not age as one.
We age as a society.
We grow older with one another -- if we are wise, that is.
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