Sandy, Alzheimer's, Dementia, As Well As The Northeast U.S.
To our readers inwards the path of Sandy, residuum assured that nosotros volition survive praying for your safety.
By Bob DeMarco
It appears this tempest volition accomplish all the means to Boston. We own got lots of friends including Max Wallack inwards that area.
I would justice to a greater extent than that nosotros own got to a greater extent than than 10,000 readers too subscribers of the ARR nigh the coastline.
I'll start past times bespeak all of our readers to pray for their safety.
Above too beyond the writers too readers, nosotros own got to a greater extent than than 10,000 dementia patients that are beingness cared for past times readers inwards the path of Sandy. I would justice that in that place are several hundreds of thousands of dementia patients residing inwards the expanse covered past times the storm.
However, it is non only dementia patients. The elderly, children, too many at greater opportunity are correct inwards the path of this storm. This is non to diminish the opportunity for every someone living inwards the path of Sandy.
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I lived through three major hurricanes since I came to Delray Beach inwards 2003. Fortunately, I used adept sentence too sent my woman nurture to my sis inwards New Bailiwick of Jersey for the starting fourth dimension one. Then I had to inquire her to larn out on her. It was gut wrenching sending my woman nurture on a plane. She only couldn't figure out what was happening. When she arrived inwards Newark, New Bailiwick of Jersey she had no stance where she was, or why she was there.
As it turned out, the electricity went out inwards our dwelling solid hither inwards Delray Beach for a week. It is really eerie at nighttime when they are no lights. And inwards this case, no moon. It was dark dark outside.
I talked to Dotty every solar daytime piece she was amongst Joanne. Fortunately, she did adapt. However, she wished she was hither the entire fourth dimension because she was convinced that I was having a cracking time. For the starting fourth dimension vi days in that place was a curfew at 8 PM. Only medical too emergency personal were allowed on the streets too roads. You were locked inwards your dwelling solid until dawn.
When Wilma roared inwards to Delray Beach inwards 2005 Dotty was hither amongst me. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 giant branch from a lx human foot tall pino tree came through our window during the starting fourth dimension purpose of the Hurricane. We had to travail out the minute one-half amongst no window. Not entirely did it knock out the glass, it knocked out most of the frame. It wasn't slow keeping Dotty away from that window. Or for that matter, keeping her inwards whatever i identify for the entire duration of the hurricane. We are surrounded past times windows inwards our condo.
Almost all of Delray Beach lost electricity for a calendar week afterwards Wilma. We were fortunate hither at home. An emergency caused past times a sewer business pause nearby caused the demand for emergency electricity to develop it. We only happened to survive on that electricity grid too our electricity came dorsum on inwards 36 hours. But entirely for a tiny few of us. People less than a hundred yards from where nosotros lived waited the calendar week for their electricity to come upward dorsum on.
It is difficult to imagine, fifty-fifty though I alive through it three times, the havoc that is wrecked past times storms of this type. Not entirely the physical harm to homes, but the emotional harm that comes amongst damaging storms.
I sit down hither wondering? What virtually all the people that are living solitary amongst dementia inwards that area? Did their children, relatives, or friends own got action? We already know that a large fractions of those persons amongst dementia are going to tell No when offered assistance. Are people going to tell alright then, nosotros tried to help? Sadly, I know this volition survive happening.
To all of our friends along the eastward coast survive assured that nosotros volition survive praying for you. I know that you lot tin forcefulness out count on readers.
If you lot lose your electricity residuum assured that nosotros won't halt thinking virtually you.
Please allow us know how you lot are doing. I larn the feeling nosotros mightiness survive missing roughly of you lot for a while. I promise not.
God bless each too every i of you.
Check inwards when you lot can.
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- Why I Invented Alzheimer's World too the Power of Positive Reinforcement
- Learning How to Communicate amongst Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease
Bob DeMarco is the Founder of the too an Alzheimer's caregiver. The ARR noesis base of operations contains to a greater extent than than 3,811 articles amongst to a greater extent than than 306,100 links on the Internet. Bob lives inwards Delray Beach, FL.
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