I brought my mother home from the nursing home.  She had finished the 10 day antibiotic treatment for the meningitis-encephalitis.  We were now committed roommates. 

I slipped off my shoes and sunk into the sofa, resting my head on the back cushion. My mother hardly noticed that I had surrendered myself to her stories and the tiny breath that separated them. We were unplugged from the world. What I thought was real just minutes ago had lost its grip. I allowed myself to be cradled in the nonsensical, cockeyed rhythm of my mother's chatter. The crazy babbling and chopped up sentences were more engaging than trying to interpret their meaning. 

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For the past month I have been reorganizing the Dementialand podcast. Some previous episodes got merged into one and I added images to the early podcasts. I think you like them. The timing is perfect. In the following episodes, we will be moving officially move into Dementialand. 

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My thinking: Something happened to me during the time when I was living with my mother’s dementias that I can’t explain. Maybe it started when I dropped my daughterness and met this woman who use to be my mother. 

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#wheeloffortune #gameshows #dementia

Activity Night at the Aged Oaks Nursing Pavilion takes a dark turn that banned Suzka from all social activities.

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My name is Suzka. The writer, narrator and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts

Voices of Residents:  Albert Cristy and friend inside myself.

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There is light at the end of this tunnel. Violet decided to stay at the Aged Oaks Nursing Home Pavilion once she heard the game “Wheel of Fortune” was a scheduled event in the home’s main dining room every Sunday night. Hallelujah.

Voices of Residents:  Albert Cristy, Yargo Duarte and his band (The Visitors)  and Charlie the dog

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The Aged Oak Pavilion from the linoleum side.

Not sure I ever told you how I started the Dementialand podcast. It is my version of the audio book Wonders In Dementialand. Episodes are short 10-15 minute in length created for the very, very busy listeners. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section or email me directly. Thank you. Suzka

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The transfer for Violet from the hospital to The Aged Oaks Pavilion begins.

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#memories #painting #mentor

A picturesque story about Suzka, the painter, whose struggle with life and its unpredictable conditions, led her decades later to Dementialand.

Episode#9 Voice of snowplow engineer and Mentor: Albert Cristy

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GUILT:  This is not good. I signed all the the papers that condemned my mother to a nursing home for ten days. It was the hospital and my mother’s insurance company that made that decision. I was assured that she would be in good care. They told me it was the best place for her treatment, the infusion of antibiotics needed for her meningitis-encephalitis. But that didn’t make me feel any better.  For me, it was going to be ten days in hell. She’s gonna kill me.

My name is Suzka. The writer and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts

Voice of Charles Dickens: Albert Cristy 

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“My mother’s name was Violet. She was the oldest of four children. Two girls came first and then two boys born twelve and thirteen years later. The first boy’s birth was difficult. According to my mother, the midwife had to use two gallons of lubricating oil.  My mother’s baby brother didn’t slide out like a pound cake from its pan, fresh out of the oven.”

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