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Inside the Mind of a Care Partner
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Maureen Rulison It’s early morning. I’m up and moving quickly. Brian is still asleep. “Good,” I say quietly. “He had a rough one yesterday.” And I then remember he’s been in a brain fog for the better part of four days. That’s happening more often. At […]

Dementia Meditations: ‘Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow’
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Brian LeBlanc “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” I believe that was our good friend, Mr. Bill Shakespeare. You might be inclined to think this is another blog about death. We talk about it a lot. It’s a very real thing that will someday happen as a […]

Dementia Meditations: Living on the Way to Dying
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Brian LeBlanc I hate to be a downer. Anyone who truly knows me knows that – that I’m always looking to find the good, to find the laughter, to smile. Because we’re all “on the way out,” only at different stages. For me, with my Alzheimer’s […]

Dementia Advocacy: Honored to Receive Southern Gerontological Society Award
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Brian LeBlanc When I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2014, I could’ve never guessed the path ahead. Crazy. Amazing. Uncertain. Scary. Rewarding. All rolled into one. All I knew was that I felt a calling toward dementia advocacy and to help others on similar paths […]

Pacemaker Update: ‘I’m In Love With Her and I Feel Fine’
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Brian LeBlanc I owe you an update! If you haven’t seen from social media already, my recent pacemaker procedure went just fine. Of course, Maureen and I had some fears and trepidation heading into it. With my Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia and long history of heart problems, […]

New Pacemaker, New Dementia Uncertainties
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Brian LeBlanc Life is complicated enough. Of course, my Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia adds to the chaos and uncertainty. And as much as I openly discuss living with dementia for the sake of helping others, the opportunity to talk other health issues doesn’t come up as […]