We are on the last leg of our fall vacation. It’s been wonderful, hiking every day for 5-7 miles with rock scrambles and rewards of awesome vistas. We left The Lodge at Moosehead Lake in Maine this morning after another breakfast of handmade blueberry pancakes by their in-house chef. I had made plans to stay…
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Self Care: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
I published the blog on Medium.com today. Please check it out there: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/what-i-found-out-about-lowering-ones-chances-of-having-alzheimers-72cf38de4f76 What I Found Out About Lowering One’s Chances Of Having Alzheimer’s | by Carol Labuzzetta | Sept, 2022 | Medium (opens in a new tab) Thanks!
Everyone Ages: Don’t Get Old Before Your Time
I’ve been watching as my parents’ age. Next month they’ll be 85 and 86 years old, both having August birthdays. They’ve maintained, and even fought for, as much independence as they can tolerate. This includes still living in their own home, a large rambling ranch with a finished basement, grocery shopping in person two to…
Poetry Friday: Poetry & Alzheimer’s Disease
We paused our unpacking last week to go visit my parents in New York. I’ve written about them before. Both are in their mid-80s, both are still living together in their own home which is convenient but much, much too big, and both experiencing serious health issues in the last few years. They seem to…
Slice of Life: Lots of Stuff
Warning: this post is a mishmash of things. Being super busy packing up our house for our move, some things have been left to slide. In that vein, I apologize for being late with comments/return comments and other communications. I will get to them, I promise! Metaphor Dice Contest – I did submit four poems…
Coping Skills – Some Healthy, Some Not
This week I thought about coping skills many times. At one time or another during life, you’ll need to employ some coping skills. These usually come into play when one is under stress or during a crisis situation. The last year has held both for me. My parents are showing many signs of aging. Memory…
Refuse to be a Box Checker in 21st Century Medicine
I’ve had several different careers over my lifetime and one of them was in healthcare. After I worked five years as a NICU nurse, I functioned as a nationally Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for about six years. I practiced in the states of Maryland and New York. The advanced degree also allowed me to teach…
Aging and Discrimination in Today’s Society
Lately, I’ve become concerned with blatant discrimination toward our elderly. Early on in my nursing education, I worked at a nursing home. I never thought much about the elderly at that time in my life. But, as I’ve aged – now in my late 50’s – and watched my parents age – now in their…
NaPoWriMo: The Thing Is…Poetry
Some of my Poetry Friday cohort members set challenges for one another at the beginning of each month. This month, April, the task of challenge setting fell to someone whose writing I’ve enjoyed for several years now. As I read her fellow participants’ posts, as well as hers, I was inspired by them to write…
More Clean Out Treasures
Wednesday has become our day to clean. It also happens to be the day I make trips to the consignment store with things I deem more than garage sale worthy – like today’s drop-off. It included a framed professional photograph of the moon over the Eau Claire River. The frame was handmade by my husband…