by Ava Butler | Jan 18, 2021 | Breathing, Caregiving, Dementia, Grieving, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's
Even four years after my husband’s passing, I still have trouble breathing. I still find myself holding my breath in an attempt to suppress the pain. This article is helpful and I will take its advice....
by Ava Butler | Jan 3, 2021 | Caregiving, Covid-19, Depression, Grief, Grieving
Grief is a response to a change we didn’t want. We grieve when a loved one has a disease like Parkinson’s or dementia and is declining with no hope of recovery. And we’re grieving over the losses we are experiencing from Covid-19 and the world that...
by Ava Butler | Jun 15, 2020 | Caregiving, Dementia, Grieving, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's
27 June 2017 Written for OptionB.org https://optionb.org/ It’s different to grieve the death of a loved one when they have been sick for a long time. It isn’t as shocking, and it includes a sense of relief that the suffering is over. But I’m not sure that it’s...
by Ava Butler | Jun 1, 2020 | Covid-19, Grieving, Support groups
Its can be awkward to know what to say when someone you know is grieving. And there is a lot of grieving going on now. Its true what the author of the attached article says “You can suffer an enormous loss and hear almost nothing from people you thought you...
