Alzheimer's Caregiver Quotes

#1. Cargo pants freak me out. Too many pockets. I always forget where my wallet is.

Matthew Gray Gubler

#2. Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.
Dementia Patient, Rose from The Inspired Caregiver

Peggi Speers

#3. As your care recipient's advocate, be involved, don't accept the status quo, and don't be afraid to voice your concerns.

Nancy L. Kriseman

#4. It's complicated. He's not ... ' Human? 'He's playing hard to get.

Nicki Elson

#5. Embracing a healing presence requires you to just be in the moment together.

Nancy L. Kriseman

#6. As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence.

H.P. Lovecraft

#7. One goal of the mindful caregiver is to find ways to not feel 'dis-eased' in the caregiving process.

Nancy L. Kriseman

#8. Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.

Tia Walker

#9. Alcoholism, of course, is more than a habit. It's a physical addiction with psychological and perhaps genetic roots.

Charles Duhigg

#10. Tears water our eyes.

"Remember," mom soothes, "like the beautiful blooms beneath the weeds, Nana is still Nana underneath.

Kathryn Harrison

#11. My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.

Nancy L. Kriseman

#12. So far, I was mostly using tools from people I knew or tools that were well established. I knew and trusted the technologists at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who made the HTTPS Everywhere software. Little Snitch was a well-known program. Similarly, 1Password was well established.

Julia Angwin

#13. Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.

William Allen White

#14. To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.

Tia Walker

#15. Many of us follow the commandment 'Love One Another.' When it relates to caregiving, we must love one another with boundaries. We must acknowledge that we are included in the 'Love One Another.

Peggi Speers