Monthly Archives: August 2012

Dementiaville-4

$80,000 a year. That’s the cost of good assisted living memory care in and around NYC. Today, after a tour of a facility in New Jersey, I came to realize that, although I’ve recently entertained moving mom closer to me, … Continue reading

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Dementiaville-3

Mom did not work a job when I was very young. But she always loved to paint. When I was 11, she got a freelance job at Deusing Photo as a photograph colorist. Each week she brought home about 25 … Continue reading

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Dementiaville-2

I had a dream two nights ago that we had found mom a great living situation with another female senior in a two-bedroom apartment, someplace urban–you know how dreams are, you never quite know where the locale is, it is … Continue reading

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